While the dancing ended, it didn’t stop the guests from mingling, though they did start to thin out and go to their rooms or to other parts of the castle.
Ayla sat in her seat up on the dais, her orbs unfocused on the table in front of her, as she thought about everything that had happened today. She felt as if she had been emotionally run over by a horse with very large hooves.
“Have you had a good night, Ayla?” Her father’s question in her ear caused her to jump.
Pressing her hand to her underbust right above the letter, she looked up to her sire who was straightening up, “Tonight has been…” She removed her eyes from him to look at the dwindling crowd, “Enlightening.”
His brows knitted on his forehead, “Has something happened?” His own violet eyes darted around the room, “Where is T
