Tiara's POV
I stood still, my hands clasped together, my head slightly bowed. There was a lot running through my mind and there was a lot that I expected to happen. A lot of unpleasant things.
Alpha Nicholas was gone.
The moment the large doors closed behind him, the air in the room changed.
The false warmth, the forced kindness—vanished. I knew my step mother and step sister would not be able to keep up the pretense for long.
I felt it before anyone even spoke. Suddenly, it occurred to me that I could really do nothing here to help myself. I was helpless to whatever Luna Victoria and Phoebe did to me. I was defenseless. There was no Nina anywhere to try to step up and say something in my defense, even if it was pleading with my step mother or step sister.
Then, Phoebe's sharp voi
