Before I could even reach the car door, Eliana’s sharp voice echoed from the mansion's porch. "Elena! Wait! Come back inside!"
I paused, my hand hovering over the door handle. A slow smirk crossed my face as I turned around and walked back into the living room. Eliana knew me. She knew that beneath my calm exterior, I was stubborn to a fault. She knew I wouldn't just give up my grandmother's inheritance without a fight, and her greedy little mind had already calculated a way to use that to her advantage.
As I stepped back into the foyer, Eliana was already whispering frantically into Dad's ear, a look of desperate excitement in her eyes. She had clearly just talked my parents into a new twist for the Luna trials.
Eliana pulled back, looking at me with a sickeningly sweet smile. "Mom, Da
