The Silent Luna's Trial (Maple and Finn) novel Chapter 16

Chapter 8

Blair’s Perspective

The wind roared fiercely around us, a wild force that seemed to echo the turmoil in my chest.

Carrie stood perilously close to the cliff’s edge, her white dress billowing wildly in the gusty sea breeze. She looked so delicate, almost like a fragile sheet of paper ready to be torn apart by the slightest touch.

“Carrie!” The three brothers shouted urgently, their voices thick with worry. “Step back! Come back to us!”

She slowly turned toward them, tears streaming down her face, glistening in the dim light. “Christian… Lysander, all of you…” Her voice trembled with pain. “I don’t want to leave you. But Blair doesn’t want me here. I’m already dying inside—maybe it’s better if I just end it now. At least then, I won’t be a burden to Blair anymore…”

The four of them immediately whirled around and shot me furious looks.

“Blair!” Christian shoved me forward, desperation coloring his tone. “Say something! Bring her back!”

I stood silently, watching the tense moment unfold, feeling strangely detached.

“Are you seriously going to push her to the edge? Literally?” Lysander yelled, voice cracking with anger and fear. “Just say something, please!”

I met their eyes steadily and said quietly, “You keep insisting I can’t stand her being here. Do you have any proof of that?”

The air suddenly froze; time seemed to pause.

“I’ve never said that,” I continued calmly. “This is the first time I’m hearing it—from her own lips.”

Carrie’s expression went blank, as if the words had knocked the breath out of her. She seemed lost for what to say. Her tears came harder, faster—and then, without warning—

She turned sharply and hurled herself off the cliff.

“Carrie!”

All four of them lunged simultaneously, their hands grasping her wrist just in time.

They pulled her back from the brink, and she collapsed into their arms, shaking with sobs that wracked her whole body.

“It’s okay now. You’re safe,” Christian whispered softly, holding her close. His voice was so gentle it barely sounded real. “We’re all here for you.”

The others patted her back reassuringly. “Don’t be afraid. No one’s going to let anything happen to you.”

Carrie buried her face in Christian’s chest, still trembling with tears—but then suddenly, she began to struggle again. “No—let me go! Let me die! Blair… she doesn’t want me alive…!”

She lunged toward the cliff’s edge once more, and the four brothers hurried to restrain her again.

“Enough!” Zayden spun around, glaring at me with pure venom. “Look at what you’ve done to her!”

Orion slid an arm around Carrie’s shaking shoulders, his voice calm and soothing. “Don’t worry. As long as we’re here, no one can push you away.”

I remained rooted in place, observing the chaotic scene with a cold smile tugging at the corner of my mouth.

I knew Carrie all too well. This was her favorite stunt—threatening to end it all just to draw out sympathy. And every single time, they fell right into her trap.

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