CHAPTER 53: THE DINNER BEFORE THE GAMES.RAYA'S POV.

With everyone's eyes fixated on me, I normally would have begun trembling as I walked through the crowd of guests. The opposite was the case. I had never been more confident in my life, strangely.

I couldn't tell exactly how I got infused with that level of confidence and self-consciousness of my status.

I told myself, "These people are here for you. Don't look down on yourself," recalling what King Barakar told me on our way back from the ...