*** Marek's POV ***

I’d been stressing about the Charity Ball for the entire week. At first, I thought Lec and Aleksei should come as Ria’s guards, but Lec said that he didn’t feel comfortable doing the event. I was worried that he had an issue with Ria, but he assured me it wasn’t Ria. He said he wanted to make sure she was safe, and he didn’t feel like he would have his head in the game somewhere like the Charity Ball. While I appreciated his honesty, it left a hole in my ...