"How thrilling," Donyale grins, leaning on the table slightly to be even an inch closer to me. "However, it hardly seems fair, Your Highness. Everyone will know who you are. How are you meant to join in on the fun?"
"I will be slipping away for a few moments to change, and I will not have my mask on when I announce the beginning of the Ball, I say, thinking about how much fun this will be. I'll be able to act more like myself without fear of consequence.
"It's rather ambitious to think that no one will notice someone new joining the crowd the moment that the Queen disappears," he responds with a bit of a laugh in his tone that he seems to be repressing.
My smile falls because I know that he's right. People will notice. "I hadn't considered that," I admit after a moment, poking at the me
