Mirellie
One moment my mother had been screaming. The next, the entire ballroom had gone so quiet that I could hear my own heartbeat pounding in my ears.
I sat frozen in my chair. Heat crawled up my neck and spread across my face until I thought I might burst into flames.
Moon Goddess. Everybody had heard. Not just the people nearest to us but everybody inside the hall.
The music had stopped. The dancing had stopped.
Conversations had stopped and now, hundreds of people were staring at our table.
A murmur rippled through the room. Then another.
The whispers spread quickly. I wanted the floor to open beneath me and swallow me whole. I wanted to disappear. I wanted to wake up and discover this had all been some terrible nightmare.
Instead, I remained exactly where I was while my humi
