Chapter 79
Annalise
I barely registered Victor’s touch, his words barely a whisper against the storm raging inside me. My chest felt hollow, as if something had been torn from it.
They were choosing another Luna.
They were listening.
They were accepting.
I had left them. It was my choice. I had run for my freedom, for my own sanity. I had no right to feel this pain.
Then why did it hurt so much?
The names of the potential women had been spoken. The tribes had been discussed. The plans were being set in motion.
And they didn’t stop it.
Not once.
The Kings I knew—the men who had burned kingdoms just to keep me within their grasp—were sitting there, calmly deciding their future without me.
A future that did not include me.
My legs felt weak, and before I could stop myself, I sank
