Aria’s/Lysara's POV

Once they were all gone, I dropped back to my bed, and I sighed heavily, calming myself with slow, deliberate breaths.

I wasn't scared of their threats. If their schemes didn't stop me then, they can't stop me now, and besides, I couldn't give a damn about the games. My kinky fear was that I had lost my only friend, Eira. She didn't look at me like a friend again, like someone she loved. She looked to me now, just like Vyxen and the others do, like I was the thing she ...