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The ball was still in full swing, though it was easy to see that the people in the room had gotten drunker. Probably due to the free-flowing champagne. I suspected it took more than the one glass I'd had myself, though saying that, I'd had the Duchess' plot to sober me up.
My heart pounded in my chest as I searched the room for Raynor. Maybe he'd retired for the evening and was safely behind doors with guards. Even as I thought it, I knew that wasn't going to be the case. Whatever he'd left me to go do, he hadn't been too angry, and I didn't believe he'd leave the ball without at least trying to say goodbye.
"You're going to have to hide in my dress while we're in there," I told Dart. "No one else has a dragon with them."
She chittered as if insulted at the mere suggestion.
"How ab
