Chapter 4: A Secret Discovered
ELENA POV
As the gala unfurled around us, the chandelier above me glistened like a constellation, refracting light in a thousand different ways. The pleasant murmur of a string quartet, clinking glasses, and laughing filled the room.
Always the calm mystic, Adrian stood next to me with a gentle hand on my back. His confidence was so easy that he was conversing with an investing giant.
The room had started to tilt slightly, but I should have been listening and nodding along at the appropriate times. My eyesight became blurry, and I started to perspire coldly.
"Elena?" Even though Adrian's fingers tightened around my waist, his words seemed faraway. "How are you doing?"
I started to reply, but my words would not come.
His worried, piercing face was the
