The days began to blur for Luna, caught between her training sessions with Adrian and Alexander, the growing mysteries surrounding her mother’s legacy, and the pressures of everyday life. Each night, Luna found herself lying awake, haunted by the new knowledge Adrian had shared with her—that the Order was after secrets embedded in her very blood. The weight of it was almost too much to bear.
School had become her refuge, but even there, she couldn’t escape the tension. Laura, her best friend, noticed Luna’s preoccupation and would often find small ways to support her without prying. Sometimes it was a knowing smile, other times it was just sitting close by in comfortable silence. Luna treasured these moments more than Laura would ever know.
It was during lunch one afternoon that Laura fi
