Elena POV

“You look beautiful Luna.” “Good evening Luna.”

Servants greeted me in turn as I walked to the great banquet hall, arm in arm with Poppy. She had offered to walk with me just to the door of the hall when she sensed I was nervous.

Thank goddess I hadn’t eaten anything earlier, with the way my stomach was roiling and coiling inside, I might have thrown up and made a fool of myself.

My smile felt fake, too wide, too open.

Could they see the unease in my eyes?

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