KATE
Elara listened in stunned silence as I recounted everything to her— from Luca’s harsh words, to his betrayal, to my suspicions on Melissa’s twisted role in it all.
By the time I was done, the only girl I could call a friend looked at me, frozen with a stupefied look on her face.
When she eventually managed to snap out of it, all the emotions flitted rapidly across her face in a motion that was almost hilarious…
Shock, disbelief, anger…
For several minutes, she struggled to form a coherent thought.
“Kate… this is… I don’t even know what to say… I… I just can’t believe it,” She finally said, shaking her head slowly, as if trying to push back against the weight of my revelations. “You’re right. Something is definitely at play here… something has to be, because I don’t for a single
