Chapter 24: A Luna's Tears(Celeste's POV)
The shadows of the trees outside the car window flickered over my face, but I kept my gaze fixed ahead.
I didn’t want to look at Victoria, and I especially didn’t want her to look at me. The suffocating silence between us clung to the air, thicker than the frost collecting on the outside glass.
Her hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles turned pale. Though she tried to sit poised, her wolf’s tension was palpable.
I could feel it rolling off her in waves, the faintest whines buried under the anxious energy that swept through the car.
“Celeste.”
Her voice was faint, breaking through the oppressive quiet like a hesitant ripple. Yet even with how soft her tone was, it still made my jaw tighten involuntarily.
I didn’t answe
