Adalynn POV
I open my eyes and stretch, working out my muscles from helping Lucy and Jesse’s team put things together for the ball.
Phoenix yawns, ‘Good morning Adalynn. Let’s get up, it’s our birthday!’
I smile, ‘I know it is!’
There was a small knock on my door. “Adalynn are you up yet?” my mom asked from the other side of the door.
“Yes, mom. Come in,” I said, still sounding sleepy.
Suddenly, the door was thrown open, and my Mom, Lucy, Emil, and Rita stood in the background singing Happy Birthday! I jumped up and screamed, “It’s my birthday!”
The cake that Shannon, the king’s assistant, carried was beautiful. It’s a two-tiered masterpiece with white and purple icing mixed to look like marble. Purple roses cascade down one side, and two purple candles, a number one and an eight
