The night before the ceremony, almost every guest had arrived at the pack and the pack house was filled with people. The more guests that poured in, the more the rumors about the Supreme Luna spread, moving through the crowds like wildfire, and through all of it, Viola kept her head up, pretended she heard nothing, and stayed focused on her own plans.
Sebastian escaped hearing the rumors because he wasn't out among the gossiping guests, and he never paid any attention to what anyone was saying anyway. He was a busy man with far too much to do. He spent half the day with Gilbert, who brought reports on the progress of Viola's antidote, and with Matt, who had tracked the progress of their mermaid shipment that would be arriving in Silver soon.
