Once we enter the ballroom we all go and wait in the corner except for Joseph who goes to speak with Princess Caroline about ending the ball. The guards (except Edward) and my father also do not come into the corner; instead they wait in a nearby room. I watch as one by one Lady Caroline and Lord Brandon get the guests to leave except for Thomas, the Queshires, and the Speights. Once it was down to just the few of us I go up to Thomas.
"Alyssa there you are you cannot just run off like that!" He exclaims as I approach.
"That is no longer you concern Thomas. Our betrothal is no more." I tell him.
"What? You cannot do that. Your father and I are in agreement over this, you cannot change it." He tells me angrily.
"My father has been arrested. His agreement with you is void now. Goodbye T
