Chapter 57

VALERIA. The days roll in, faster than I would have wanted them to be. I still haven’t visited Celeste, and I don’t think I ever can. Because tonight is the Winter Ball, and everyone is busy with that. I sit in my dorm room, wearing the dress and the shoes that Auric got for me. It’s a bright red dress with matching bright red shoes. It’s pretty just like the necklace, but wearing them right now gives me no joy whatsoever. It doesn’t help that I haven’t seen Eden in a while again. I think she probably went to visit Jake for the past few days, not really having any interest to go to a ball without him. Honestly, I don’t blame her. I don’t feel like going either. The music coming from the Great Hall is audible from here, and I know that Auric would be waiting for me there. For some reason, the thought of him in a tux makes me feel a little sick. Not because I don’t think he would look good, but it’s more so the fact that it’s not exactly him that I want to go with. I still want to