The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Ellie POV

There’s a shift.

One i felt since the morning.

But especially now.

The way the air in the cafeteria thickens the moment I step inside, like I’ve walked into a room where a fight was about to start and I was center stage.

My leg aches with every step. I favor it without thinking, my limp subtle but unavoidable, and I hate that it makes me feel smaller.

I’m halfway to the table when it happens.

Cold water slams into my shoulder.

It splashes down my chest, soaking my shirt, dripping onto the floor. I freeze, stunned, as laughter ripples nearby.

“Opps, sorry! Figure you’d wanna cool down after that steamy night!”

Steamy night?

With Dom? How would they know-

Someone across the room meets my eyes and flips me off, bold as anything.

What the???

Whispers chase me as I move again. I hear my name.

I sit down hard, breath shaking, hands clenched in my lap.

Sarah drops into the seat beside me a second later, fury radiating off her in waves.

“What the hell is wrong with these people?!” she snaps, already halfway out of her chair like she might flip a table. “Did someone seriously just throw water at you?”

I nod, staring at the wet fabric clinging to my skin, at the way my hands won’t stop trembling.

“I’m so tired,” I whisper. “I’m so-” My voice cracks. I press my lips together, forcing the words back down. “I didn’t do anything. I didn’t do anything,”

Sarah leans closer, lowering her voice. “It’s Vivian. Vivian and that stupid photo!”

The name lands like a spark in gasoline.

Photo. The photo she took.

My head slams to the table.

Shit. You know, she is the worst, but for some reason, I didn’t expect her to spread it. Naive of me.

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“She’s been waiting for this,” Sarah continues, eyes scanting the room. “She’s turning the whole school on you like you’re some kind of”

She cuts herself off, jaw tight.

“Like I’m a harlot?” I finish flatly.

Sarah’s silence is answer enough.

I slowly push myself up from the table, ignoring the flare of pain in my leg as it protests the movement. Sarah grabs my arm.

“Ellie-”

“No,” I say. “I’m done.’

I don’t even know what I’m going to say yet. I just know I can’t sit there while my life gets rewritten by people who weren’t there. By people who don’t care what’s true.

I don’t know what they think, but I’m not with Lucas and it had nothing to do with Dom.

I start across the cafeteria, every step uneven, my limp more pronounced now that adrenaline is kicking in. My gaze locks onto Dominic’s table instantly.

He’s there.

Laughing-oh, no, not laughing. Sitting. Silent. His friends are talking animatedly around him, faces tight with outrage that feels rehearsed.

Vivian is there too.

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