After Esha escorted Kasey to the portal, people at the party slowly started to leave. One by one, they all downed their Passion Delights, muttered some farewells to me, and hurried toward the palace doors. I frowned at their departing figures, trying so hard not to shed a tear.
It wasn’t fair how Kasey could come in and ruin this all for me. It wasn’t fair that she had been the one who stirred up trouble around Lust. She was supposed to support me, not hurt me.
Maeve wrapped her arm around my waist and rested her chin on my shoulder, her sweet scent of lavender drifting into my nostrils. “Are you okay?”
I gently pushed her away. “I just want to be alone right now,” I said, jaw twitching. Though this whole situation made me an emotional wreck, I could just feel my wrath bubbling inside o
