#Chapter 40 A Successful Evening

Caleb I stared out past the rails on the balcony, watching the stars twinkle into view. The party had been going for hours now, and although it was now night, the energy had not yet died down. The music was still going strong, and the chatter of overlapping conversations drifted past me. “Caleb!” I heard Joseph’s voice call from somewhere inside the crowd. I turned around to see him jogging up to meet me, “Where the hell have you been? I’ve been looking for you for ages.” “Oh you know, I’ve been around,” I said, turning away from him to hide the expression on my face. I had known Joseph for a long time, and if there was anyone who would be able to read exactly what I was thinking, it was him. “Well, not around nearly enough,” he said, “Duchess Kesterly has been trying to start deals with some of the Bears to make her own businesses more profitable, and I heard rumors that some of Lucas’s firm supporters wanted to defect to you after your speeches earlier ton