Raven’s POV
The palace was suffocatingly quiet.
I didn’t know what the council meeting was about, and honestly, I didn’t care. I wasn’t a Luna. I wasn’t even close to being one, not when my so-called mates refused to claim me. I was just… here. Stuck.
But Kelvin would be attending the meeting, and that alone was enough to make me feel like my lungs were collapsing.
I pressed my forehead against the cold stone wall of my room, closing my eyes tightly as my chest heaved.
I can’t see him. I can’t face him.
The memories of his pack made my body flinch involuntarily, the sharp crack of the whip, the cold floor of the cell, the way he’d call me his queen right before he punished me for imaginary sins.
It made me sick.
I stayed curled up in my room for what felt like hours, but the silenc
