EVELARA
The dining hall was as grand as everything else in Valtherion. Last time I was caught up and couldn't experience luxury, but today, I did.
High ceilings painted with golden lycans, long tables filled with silver platters, steaming breads, and exotic fruits I barely recognised. The delicious smell of various meats… If breakfast is like this, what are their other meals, I wonder.
However, it wasn’t the food that made my throat tighten. It was the stares. Guards, servants, and a few other well-dressed and seemingly well-ranked men and women, all eyes turned toward me as Eryx pulled me straight to the head table as if I belonged there.
Honestly, it felt weirder more than yesterday. As if I stepped here for the first time.
Lucien sat at the end of the long table, and I
