Chapter 34:
Ciara's POV
Luna Eleanor stood with her arms folded tightly across her chest, her sharp eyes darting between King Donovan and me. If she suspected something, she didn’t show it...not through her face, and definitely not through her posture. She just stood there, watching us in silence. The energy in the room shifted with her presence, like the oxygen had been sucked out.
“I’m waiting,” she said calmly as she closed the door behind her. “What were you two discussing?”
My heart pounded so loudly, I could barely hear anything else. My limbs felt frozen and I couldn’t speak, couldn’t think straight.
Just moments ago, I had been pressing King Donovan for answers, trying to figure out the truth behind his insane confession. And now his wife was here, looking at us like she’d cau
