Chapter 110 Secrets By The River

• The next day was heavy, and the silence in Selene’s room was suffocating. She hadn’t gone to school, unable to face the whispers and looks that would follow her after the scene with her mother yesterday. When she woke, her phone had been buzzing with messages from Lydia, her friend’s name flashing across the screen again and again. But Selene couldn’t bring herself to answer, even as Lydia’s worried voice messages stacked up.
• She tried to ignore the world outside her door. Her father knocked, calling her for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but Selene couldn’t bring herself to eat. The embarrassment and frustration roiled in her stomach, sour and unsettled. Instead, she threw herself into painting, hoping the brushstrokes would quiet her mind. She painted the river, remembering its calm waters and the moments of peace she had found there with Maris. It was her escape.
• As the hours passed, Selene’s mind wandered back to the video she had seen earlier that morning. Someone from her school had posted a clip of yesterday’s scene, capturing her mother’s desperate approach toward Maris. The caption read: *“Red Blood Pack’s Luna goes crazy on a student.”* The comments were filled with sneering remarks, and her mother’s teary face had been frozen in a humiliating snapshot.