(Victoria)
I walked out before the last song ended. I couldn’t stand to see them anymore. Alexander holding her like she belonged there. Like she deserved to be touched by him, looked at like that, smiled at like that. It made my skin crawl.
Selene. That name tasted like poison. She was nothing. Just the warrior’s daughter. She came from the dirt and somehow made her way into silk. Into him. She didn’t deserve it. She didn’t deserve him. Not when someone so much more suitable was right in front of him all this time.
I walked through the side hall, my heels hitting the floor harder than usual. Every step pushed the fury deeper into my chest. I needed air. I needed out. And I needed to speak to someone who understood.
Lena was already waiting for me outside. We met once when I was search
