Isla’s POV
I found my way to the garden through enormous glass doors. Garden was an understatement. The grounds were vast, filled with flower bushes and trees of so many varieties I couldn’t identify them all. There was a hedge maze hidden somewhere among the sprawling vegetation.
I had played in it as child and gotten so lost. I remember crying until someone found me. It was hard to believe the entirety of the property was wrapped 10 foot stone walls.
I couldn’t see the ends of the property, but I knew they existed. Inside I heard an announcer still shuffling guests into the banquet hall. Their voices drifted as they got further away.
I walked down the stone steps looked around. Although it was dark, and my vision was better than any humans, I saw no one. No servants arou
