Chapter 67

Elvira

The soft rustle of my gown followed me as I turned away from Jaxon. I don’t even care anymore to know what’s going on in that mind of his. I can’t afford to get my mind clouded again.

Just then, a sharp sting on my ankle.

I winced. Pain bloomed up my leg like fire, and I turned, heels digging into the marble floor of the ballroom. To see Lila. That was the first time I had seen her up close.

Her face was perfect, too beautiful. She was poised in an elegant way, ...