FREYA
“No. It’s okay,” Victoria waves him off, sniffing through her trembling voice. “The Luna can do whatever she wants to me. I understand. I’ll… I’ll just do as she says.”
Through her tears, she nods and starts moving toward the perimeter of the training ground and Eli is watching her limp toward the track with an expression of concern in his eyes that makes my chest feel like it’s caving in.
He turns to me, closing the distance and the look in his eyes changes, sharp and cruel and it cuts deeper than any blade ever could.
“Is this who you’ve become?” His voice is low, controlled, but there’s a disgust in it that makes my hands shake and my heart ache,“someone who punishes the weak to feel powerful? You disappoint me, Freya.”
The words sink into me like poison, spreading through m
