VERA
I kept the smile on my face until the last woman left the room, and then I groaned.
For the last hour, I had been forced to listen to representatives of the women in the pack yap to me about their problems when I problems of my own.
'As Luna, you have to bear it,' Nina advised.
'I know,' I replied but I wasn't going to pretend like I liked it. I didn't care one bit about their lives and I wished they'd just shut up! But they drowned on for two hours. Two hours. I could have had my beauty sleep with those hours.
I left the meeting room and set off for mine. The meeting I had just been a part of had been held in a less frequented part of the house and except for a few maids hurrying about their duties, the corridors were almost deserted.
Halfway down the hallway, I began to feel a crippling sensation in my spine. Something was definitely wrong. It took me a few seconds to realize that what I felt was the sensation of being watched.