The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222

Without a word, I stood, teaching for the caving knife again. The room remained utterly silent as I carefully, methodically carved myself a thick slab of meat. I speared a few carrots, potatoes, and green beans too, then added those to my plate.

Then, I picked up both my plate and my wine glass, and walked out of the room.

Neither of them called out to me as I left, not that footsteps slow and even until I was out of earshot.

expected them to. I kept my head held high and my Only then did I let my chest heave.

Shifting my dishes into one hand, I picked up my skirt with the other and hurried up the stairs. I went straight to my room and quietly shut the door behind me, then locked it. I set my meal down at my table and sat, cutting the meat with forceful strokes that scraped against the plate.

I shoved a large bite of the boar into my mouth, letting the blood dribble down my chin and not caring if it got onto my dress. Chewed. Swallowed. Cut another. I didn’t finish chewing that piece before I shoved a third into my mouth, then a fourth.

Across the room, I caught a glimpse of myself in my vanity mirror. My cheeks stuffed full. My eyes red. Blood and wine dripping down the front of my dress.

Pull it together, Ellie.

I breathed deeply through my nose, chewed, then swallowed everything in one big gulp. I reached for my wine and sipped it slowly, shutting my eyes.

Pull. It. Together:

As I sat there, calming myself, a thought flickered through my mind.

This wasn’t working.

Initially, my plan had been to be the worst Luna possible. To be so awful that Dominic would have no choice but to divorce me, severing me entirely from this contract.

But clearly that wasn’t going to happen. He was just going to do the same thing he did in my past life— choose Vivian at every turn, even when all of the evidence was stacked against her. Both of them would twist everything against me every chance they had.

Then, they would knit closer and closer together until they were completely inseparable. Vivian would undermine me at every opportunity she had, and Dominic would help her.

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