FAYE
I hadn’t meant to stop outside the council chamber.
At least, that was what I told myself.
I had followed Alexander without really thinking. But before I realized it, I was standing just outside the partially closed doors of the council chamber.
The door hadn’t fully latched.
It was left slightly open.
Just enough for voices to carry.
Just enough for me to see inside.
At first, I only meant to glance in.
Just once.
Just enough to see why Alexander had come here in such a hurry.
But then I heard—
“And then the Luna.”
I froze.
My fingers tightened slightly at my sides as my eyes lifted through the narrow opening in the door.
I could have walked in right then.
The moment I realized they were talking about me, I could have pushed the door open and forced every one of them
