"It's just one article," Ivy argued. "It's still not enough to draw Elsie's supporters to our side. Elsie Lancaster will marry one of the cardinal alphas after graduation. That alone is enough to keep people loyal to her, bitch or not." She made it clear to Violet.
"A shift is a shift," Lila countered. "People are beginning to see Elsie for who she is, and that's a good thing. A little drop makes an ocean. Not to mention, graduation is months away. So many things could happen in that span of time."
Everyone caught the implication in Lila's words, and their faces reflected varying degrees of shock. Violet didn't let herself get carried away, she quickly schooled her expression.
She wasn't trying to knock Elsie off her pedestal so she could take her place— Moon Goddess forbid she accept such a twisted fate, even if Elijah himself, in a world of impossibility, agreed.
