“What?” The murmur spread like wildfire through the hall. Every head turned in my direction, whispers rising like the hiss of snakes.
“Tell me, Rain…” Liana’s heels clicked sharply against the marble floor as she stalked toward me, her silk gown shimmering with each predatory step. “What exactly are you doing here?”
The air in the hall turned thick, suffocating. My pulse hammered in my ears.
I could feel every gaze on me, the Lunas, the visiting alphas, even the servants frozen in place. But most of all, I felt them, Draven’s unreadable silence from the head of the table, Daemon’s sharp, dark glare, and Darius’s low, dangerous growl that barely rumbled beneath his breath.
Liana stopped only a few inches away, tilting her head with a mock sweetness that didn’t reach her eyes. “Oh, don’t
