She can still remember the first and last time her blue and red rimmed eyes clashed with his silver eyes.
She's only nineteen at that time. Three years since she and Otzar met, and more than a year of dating, and almost a year of being married despite the refusal of her mother for her to wed with him. Though, Thea finally sighed in defeat when she saw the happiness the young Count made her daughter. She let them be wedded, but after the wedding and reception, the mother and daughter duo didn't meet face to face at all. It causes the two ladies sadness, but because Astrid that time is too blind for her love towards the man, she brushes it all off.
It is now the time of the Winter Ball, which is always being held on the very first day of winter in the palace. Even though the society alre
