Lina's POV
"Luna Storm, did you really only spend six months in Burndale?"
On the drive back, Cipher finally voiced the question that had clearly been eating at her the entire evening.
I sat in the passenger seat, staring at the unfamiliar face reflected in the visor mirror—Fiona's elegant features still clinging to my bone structure. I let out a long sigh. "Do you think Fiona will ever forgive me for this? For using her face like this?"
"You did it for the Alpha," Cipher said firmly, as if that justified everything.
I laughed softly, then answered her original question. "I really did only spend six months here. When I first arrived in Burndale, I actually got bullied pretty badly at the university. Fiona helped me. Later she discovered that my design philosophy aligned wi
