ra's

e... after all, it has been ages since I

too occupied playing the nice and responsible Luna that I

already years, hmm? The last one might have been when we were kids. Back whe

be kids again and not

t way, we didn't have to hurt each other

e, their chatter hushed and respectful. The cobblestone path crunched faintly beneath our feet. Every corner of this garden used

ing wildly. My fingers reached for the largest one, the petals perfectly curle

apped around my w

e body s

rp inhale and pain bloomed in my fing

y called ou

eading along my index finger. I spun around, eyes

ere sh

Wil

nocence. That same irritating

. "Did I hurt you?" she asked, voice trembling, eyes w

slowly... because one wrong word, one raised voice, and I wo

something practiced. Polite

tling someone from behind while the

he hadn't just overstepped every boundary imaginable. "Since we'll be seei

d off, her botto

didn't reach my eyes. "It is not nice to s

ut before I could take it, Nova darted forwa

said with urge

dn't

ll I could think of was poison. Powdered wolfsbane. Extracts hidden in fibers. A

pped

p clarity. "I'll use my lady-in-w

s left my mouth, her

h tears instantly,

ng so hard to hold back the tears, but making sure I saw every last glimmer o

sed even as my blood dr

flatly. "But as Luna, I must be c

ace. "Someone had tried to poison me that caused me the life of my son. I do not n

ne is so cold to me. And now you..." She turned away, pressing the handkerchief to her c

"There is a line between us. I, being the Luna, and you...

. Everyone is looking at us now and I

st want to be friends with the Luna. Why do I have to suffer in judgment? Luna, y

her man stolen from her in a bli

se the most is weak people crying in front of me." I stared her down. "You and I

needs her savior to shield her from

ep forward. "Miss Wilde

niffled, wiping at her

if expecting someone, or me

, I let out a breath I hadn

ver," Tany

er," I said. "S

still stung, but I

like that?" Josie rolled her ey

if she was a beautiful noble from highly respected families." She added

blood. Not with cl

ld have easily manipulated. It is simple... he needed some

rns and roses, that ma

had made his mistress cry, he would come rushing towards me to scold me