When we all met again, I got my first glimpse of what everyone would be
wearing: exclusively deep colours. It adds to the gothic masquerade theme, Lamiela had said.
Lanz and Hanz were in almost identical suits, with the same almost fitted pants, except Hanz's was wine-coloured and Lanz's was oxford blue; Lamiela was wearing a purple crushed velvet, mid lengthen bodycon dress, as opposed to Charlotte who was in an onyx coloured satin dress that just ghosted above the floor. Finally, it was time and the guests began arriving in the horse-drawn carriages the maid said they'd be coming in. It was quite a sight: seeing so
many people dressed up in long ball gowns and masks.
I mostly wouldn't have recognised any of the people anyway, and the only people who knew which guests would be comin
