Violet
I waited for him to open the message. His face didn’t give much away, but there was something about the stillness in his posture that told me plenty. Owen was trying to pull out of the deal he’d struck.
“Well?”
“He’ll consider Shelter after you officially become luna of Midnight.”
My shoulder slumped. That… wasn’t nearly as bad as I had expected, but it was still a problem.
“Consider? Is that what he said?”
He nodded and I set my jaw. Of course he would only consider it, which meant he wasn’t planning to allow it at all. He was going to dangle it in front of Theodore until he either couldn’t or Theodore gave up.
The petty bastard.
Theodore shrugged, utterly unfazed. “The Luna ceremony will be after we win against Lucas. Plenty of time to perfect the proposal.”
I looked
