Luna’s POV
I stare at Ashton in shock, I hadn't considered it from that angle, and something in me eases slightly at the reframing.
'And as for authority,' Ashton continues, 'you stood in that man's office yesterday and demanded he acknowledge your value. You told him, to his face, exactly what you were worth, and you didn't back down even when he tried every trick he had to dismiss you. That's not nothing, Luna. That's exactly the kind of backbone you'd need running that department.'
'That was different,' I say. 'That was defending myself. Managing a whole team of people who've spent years underestimating me is something else entirely.'
'Is it, though?' Ashton asks, leaning forward slightly. 'Because from where I'm sitting, it sounds like the same fundamental skill. Knowing your own w
