CRYSTAL

Kallias had been impossibly busy these past few weeks, rarely sparing a moment for me. So when he said we were going out for dinner tonight, I could hardly contain my excitement. He hadn’t told me where we were going, but I didn’t care, I wanted to think of it as a surprise.

I slipped into my best dress and did everything I could to make myself look presentable. Still, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that I hadn’t looked truly beautiful in a long time. This damned ...