Evelyn
The Annual Celebration Ball is a roller coaster of emotions.
From the moment Alexander and I locked eyes, the entire party seemed to fade away as he approached me like a magnet coming home. Emma told me something then, though I wasn’t really listening, all my senses focused on the increasing proximity of my mate, my body humming in anticipation.
Only to be interrupted by Sophia like a bucket of cold water.
I don’t really remember what she said either, only that it was predictably petty and mean. I lost track of Alexander then until he finally interrupted the conversation I didn’t even want to be part of with the worst possible words.
“You’re just who I was looking for,” he directed at Sophia. My stomach sank.
Then she was gone, and my heart rate was involuntarily racing wit
