NARRATOR

Sigrid was incredibly tense, not because of the life-or-death battle ahead, but because she was worried about Silas’s emotions and murderous impulses.

Lucrecia couldn’t discover his power.

Silas himself—and his condition as a Selenia—were their greatest secret advantages.

The prelude to the party unfolded in the vast garden and open halls, adorned with lanterns and dim lights, where guests toasted, chatted, and exchanged suggestive glances.

Everyone was masked.

Some concealed their ide