Aria Snow pov:
Normally, the morning was a chaotic mess of revving engines, shouting teenagers, and blaring radios. But the moment our SUV rolled to a stop right in front of the main entrance—a spot strictly reserved for the Alpha family—the entire courtyard went dead silent.
Hundreds of students were frozen in their tracks, their eyes locked onto the doors of our vehicle. The rumours from the Blood Moon Ball had obviously spread like wildfire. They knew about me. They knew about the silver light. They knew that the girl they had shoved into lockers and laughed at was the true Mate of the Future Kings.
"Are you ready?" Lucian asked softly from the seat beside me. His eyes were calm, but deeply protective. "You don't have to look at them. Just look at us."
"I'm ready," I said, takin
