Chapter 40

Victoria "The only way to survive in our world, ladies, is to understand the delicate interplay of power." Madam Hannah's voice cut through the elegant classroom like a well-sharpened knife. "A Luna's greatest weapon is not her claws, but her ability to create harmony where discord threatens to tear apart alliances." I sat straighter in my high-backed chair, pen poised over my leather-bound. Despite everything happening with Enzo's disappearance and Aurora's shocking return, Leo had insisted I maintain my normal schedule. "Show no weakness," he'd murmured against my lips this morning. "Let them see their Luna is unshaken." So here I was, in a room full of future Lunas, pretending my world wasn't unraveling thread by dangerous thread. "Which brings us to your final assessment." Madam Hannah's steel-gray eyes swept across the room, lingering momentarily on me with an expression I couldn't quite read. "In two weeks' time, each of you will plan and execute a Reconciliation Dinner." "You wi