#Chapter 48: For Better or Worse

Emily I sat on the edge of my bed, one hand clenched around my phone, the other frozen halfway to brushing my hair. The headline didn’t say my name, but it didn’t have to. Trouble in Titanfang? Rumors of Replacement Amid Document Scandal. The photo they used wasn’t new, just a new gossip angle; it was the moment at the gala when Chloe’s hand brushed Logan’s arm. His body language was already stepping away, but the camera caught the stillness before the motion. A second of silence. A frame that screamed betrayal. In the background, I was out of focus, blurred into the lights. Easily ignored. Easily replaced. There was no mention of Carla or the report or the way the system had been rigged to make me look incompetent. But there was a lot of speculation, sharp angles of my face pulled from older public appearances, the carefully edited implication that Titanfang’s Alpha might be rethinking his choice of Luna. And Logan? Silent. No public statement. No denial. Not even a