“Good evening! I’m Madam Lydia and I welcome you to Her Highness’s Secret Palace!” Raena greeted the crowd, trying to keep the excitement out of her voice as she saw the number of people waiting on the street. “Please be patient while our lovely hostesses find you a table.”
Raena nodded at the two girls and they stepped forward with bright smiles, urging the first customers to enter. There was a certain distinction in the crowd — the people on the left were more in numbers and while most were wearing clean, neat clothes, they didn’t look nearly as dressed up as the ones on the right. The ones on the right also stood awkwardly in the street, some even frowning and murmuring about how they shouldn’t have been made to wait.
Raena stopped Jaswyn as she returned to escort the next batch of cu
