Once we enter the ballroom we all go and wait in the corner except for Joseph who goes to speak with my mother about ending the ball. We left the guards (except Edward) and Lord Wembley in a nearby room to avoid the questions of the crowd. I watch as one by one my mother and father get all the guests to leave except for Lord Thomas, the Queshires, and the Speights. Once it was down to just the few of us Allie goes up to her betrothed and I go over to my family.
"Nicole darling what happened?!" Exclaims my mother when she sees me walking toward them and sees the multicolored bruises all over my face and arms. She runs over to me and gives me a big hug. I see the rest of my family trailing her from over her shoulder. "We could not find you and then Joseph came over and asked us to end the b
