Chapter 243
Ellie’s POV
The moment I saw her standing there, I turned to leave. Of course, Vivian’s heels clicked against the floor as she fell into step behind me.
“Hello, sister. Can we talk?” she asked.
“I’m busy, Vivian.”
“I just want to talk.”
“And I just said I’m busy.” I pushed through the door at the end of the hall and kept moving.
She followed me out anyway. Because apparently no one bothered to listen to what I said around here.
“Look,” she said, coming around to stand in front of me so she blocked my path, “I couldn’t help overhearing.”
“Great.”
“And I think-”
“I really don’t care what you think.”
Vivian pressed a hand to her chest in mock offense. “Is that really any way to talk to your sister?”
“If my sister was absolutely anyone else on the planet, then no,” I said, turning to walk the other direction. “But since I’m stuck with you, then yes, I think it’s perfectly appropriate.”
Vivian scoffed. “Listen, Ellie. I’m trying to help you!”
“Help me how?” I laughed. “You’re literally just following me around when I’ve made it clear I want to be left alone.”
“If you want Dominic back on your good side, then you can’t walk into a situation you know nothing about and try to boss everyone around.”
I stopped walking. Turned slowly and looked at her.
“I know nothing about it,” I repeated.
Vivian shrugged one shoulder. “You said yourself you read it in a book.”
“And how do you know the situation so well?”
“Because I was in the meeting,” she said simply.
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My stomach twisted before I could stop it. Vivian was invited to the meeting. I wasn’t, but she was. Even though I was the Luna, and this was more important than matters involving festivals, she had been invited while I was completely overlooked.
No. I knew it even as I thought it that I wasn’t just overlooked; I had been deliberately left out.
Gods, this smacked of my past life. I thought back to all the important meetings and events that Vivian had
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attended by Dominic’s side instead of me, and this whole situation fucking reeked of it.
If I weren’t so concerned with lives being at stake, I would have left them to do whatever they wanted together. It wasn’t my problem so long as I found a way to get out of this situation with my head intact. But because pack security was at stake, because children’s lives were in danger, Thad to put up with it.
“Well. Good for you,” I said, and turned back around.
“Ellie.” Her voice followed me. “I’m not trying to be unkind. I just think that if you want to be taken seriously around here, you should—”
“I said good for you, Vivian.”
I kept walking and didn’t look back, and this time, she didn’t follow me.
By the time I made it outside, I had to stop for a second and just stand there in the fresh air and breathe so I didn’t scream. The sun was bright and offensive. I shut my eyes and inhaled deeply.
Excluded from a war meeting. Because Dominic had decided that Vivian was the more appropriate person to sit in my place.
Deep down, a small part of me almost wondered if I had done this to myself. If, during all of my pushing and pushing, I had finally pushed Dominic right to the brink and made him choose Vivian for a second time…
No.
I was not going to wallow in this. There was still a hope for the pack, even if Dominic and Vivian were undermining me at every turn-even if I was undermining myself. This was so much more important than festivals. This was about saving lives, and I was not going to sit around and cry again just because I felt excluded and alone.
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