#Chapter 327: Was This A Dream?

I ignored Bridget as best as I could. This wasn’t my fault, after all, and I wasn’t about to take responsibility for it, just because Bridget seemed set on blaming me. But I didn’t say anything, so she didn’t either. The conversation between Nicholas and Queen Sonal continued on without notice of us. Though Julian did look between us with curiosity. “We thank you and your guests for joining us for this celebration,” Queen Sonal said, a clear acceptance of Nicholas’s offer to leave. “We hope you will think back on this event fondly.” Nicholas placed a hand to his chest. “I assure you that we shall.” Though he said that, and he was likely telling the truth, tension had seemed to settled over our group and the proceedings themselves. Else we might not have chosen to leave so early. “I better go get Elva,” I whispered to Julian. Julian nodded. “Go now. These goodbyes and platitudes will likely go on for a while.” “Okay.” I slowly backed away as to not draw attention to myself, then