Burning Defiance

LUNA VESPERIA’S POV

The door banged open.

I froze.

Thane’s and Valerius’s head snapped toward the sound.

Gideon stood at the entrance, eyes widened in horror, chest heaving as if he’d run all the way here.

He finally saw me in that state.

His mouth opened but no words came out.

The silence crushed me.

My face burned hotter than my hand. I wanted to hide, to vanish. I wanted the ground to open