#Chapter 14 The Confession

~Grace~ I was back in my old house. I hadn’t been in my old bedroom for at least a week, and it looked like a mess. I held the moonstone earrings Alex had given me in the palm of my hand, turning them over. They glinted in the warm light of my bedroom. I hated being in here, hated pretending I had forgiven Liam, but it was necessary to take him down. Wearing one of my old purple dresses, the signature color of the Nightshade pack, I stared at myself in the mirror. I looked like Luna Grace–the Luna who had spent three years under Liam’s thumb. This wasn’t who I was anymore. I put the moonstone earrings in, my small symbol of rebellion. It was time to go. Gathering my things, I looked down the stone stairs, where Liam and Samuel waited for me at the bottom, both dressed nicely. Liam looked up at me as my heels clicked on the stairs, and for a moment, he seemed stunned. Did I really look that good to him? But I didn’t care. My mind drifted to the dark cas