chapter 11

Everly Valen is working with Marcus tonight, so after I get Valarian from school, I decide to have dinner with Zoe, Macey, and their girls. The kids have fun, and it reminds me of before our lives got so complicated—when it was just us against the world. It's comforting knowing that nothing has changed even now with my title. To them, I will always just be Everly—not Luna, not rogue-whore. Here, I’m safe to be my normal self and am free to do as I please without judgment or someone scrutinizing me somehow. When the 7 o'clock news comes on, I send the kids to play with the Lego sets in Casey's room. "Remote! The news is on," I say, waving my hand at Zoe. She passes it to me and I quickly flip to the channel. "Since when do you like watching the news?" Macey asks as I race to the sofa and sit in the middle in front of the TV. "I like the news when I don't star in it. I may have handed a list of evidence to the media about Nixon and my father this morning," I tell them. "What! What'd you