A Luna in Rags

Dread tightened in my gut as the maids clustered nearby, trading skittish looks and low, hurried murmurs. Wondering what they were muttering about only made the panic worse. My nerves were completely shot, leaving me no outlet for the restless energy except my own hands. My fingernails took the worst of it, picked down until the beds were raw, torn, and bleeding.

Jax had promised me that things w