Melrose POV:
I was nervous as I walked through the eerie forest. The sky was bright, but you could barely see it through the cluster of tall trees. The silence was terrifying; every ruffle of leaves or scurry on the ground had me constantly looking over my shoulder. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Plenty of people would probably call me foolish for my choices. But you know what? I didn't care. I had to escape Iron Claw and carve out a new path for myself—one filled with hope and possibility. I couldn't go back to the bullying and torment, it didnt matter if I was mated to the prince, there was no way the same people who treated me like s**t all my life were going to accept me as their Queen Luna... they barely could handle me sitting next to them in their math classes, let a
