(Aria)
The whispers started right after Ashley's defeat. At first, I thought I was imagining things. Pack members would be talking normally when I walked into a room, then suddenly go quiet. Eyes would follow me as I passed by. Conversations would stop mid sentence.
But I was not imagining it.
I was sitting in the common room, trying to review patrol schedules, when I heard Sarah talking to two other girls near the fireplace.
"I always thought something was strange about how fast it happened," Sarah was saying. "One day she is rejected, the next day she is Luna? That does not just happen by accident."
"Ashley said she caught Aria watching the Alpha during meetings," Michelle added. "Like she was studying him or something."
"That is so gross," Tara said. "Imagine planning to steal you
