#Chapter 22: Ulterior Motives

[Evelyn’s POV] “Oh my God...How the hell am I going to do this?” I whispered to myself. As the date of the Luna Gathering dawned closer, my anxiety decided to return with worrisome vengeance. I tried to keep reminding myself that I wasn’t, necessarily, going to be alone this time. Alexander for one reason or another agreed to accompany me to the event. Truthfully, I shouldn’t have been nervous at all. It wasn’t as though I’d never gone to one of these events before. Unfortunately, I’d been dragged to many gatherings such as this one in the past. Each one felt like a mere mimic of the one before it. One of the main reasons why I was dubbed as the ‘wild child’ was mainly because of my lack of interest in general social topics. I had very little care in high fashion and the newest makeup and hair trends. It made it difficult to relate to people and for them to want to connect with me. This whole situation was nothing new to me...Yet, for some reason, things were differe