Ian was sipping on the railway before he was looking at the front door where the guests had arrived. He was one of the Higher Court lords that made it on time, which meant that he was earlier than the others. Arabella was happy to see him before she went to greet the other guests. He was sipping on the wine and he was happy to be outside of that young queen’s radar for the rest of the night.
"I see that you have been here for quite some time," greeted the Viscount of Vyckos, Daniel Cutler, as he was smirking at Ian before the marquis was scoffing at another best friend of his. There were five of them, including him, in the group. The viscount smiled before he was looking at the guests that were coming to the ball tonight.
It was a masquerade ball after all.
Ian had not put on his mask y
