Madame Fablery held scissors in each palms. The midnight-colored hair that had wrapped round my complete face was lower away with a crisp sound. Rosewater and gentle sheep’s milk cream had been utilized to my face.

Seamstresses darted round tirelessly!

Even maids assisted with the make-up!

Time flew by in a whirlwind.

Within the midst of dozing off, Ford, together with his arms crossed, out of the blue spoke with a severe expression.

“Ishael, lets make a wager?”

“A wager?”

“Sure, let’s make a wager with a prize at stake.”

With a way of foreboding, I requested, “What sort of wager and what’s the prize?”

Ford whispered softly in my ear.

* * *

The Irel Corridor throughout the palace, the place the palace ball was being held, was buzzing with pleasure.

Dylan stood within the out of doors backyard, ready for Ishael.

The associate request had been accepted.

Ishael nodded as if it had been pure.

“Nicely then, please go to the ballroom first!”

“Do you not want an escort?”

“I’ve preparations to make within the salon. And what about you?”

“I’ve a proper go well with. I simply want to vary rapidly.”

“Then, please watch for me on the out of doors backyard fountain!”

Recalling the dialog with Ishael, Dylan silently stood in entrance of the fountain.

Gents who had not but discovered a associate to escort them, similar to Dylan, had been scattered round.

The women additionally wished to benefit from the ambiance of the out of doors backyard.

Dylan tried to mix in with the tranquil environment.

Nonetheless, to his disappointment, he noticed an disagreeable man.

“Ishael’s ex-boyfriend, Pedro.”

Whether or not he had already been consuming or not, his face had develop into ruggedly sullen.

Pedro incessantly badgered his associate, his face contorted.

“Hahaha! I have to say, I’m fairly handsome!”

“Sure, you might be actually good-looking like a wild horse.”

“Hahaha!”

“Ha, extra importantly, as soon as I obtain a noble title, I’ll develop into a uncommon commodity, so to talk.”

“A uncommon commodity?”

“Sure, oh ho ho, to a captivating woman.”

“With whom? Is it the individual you had been courting again then?”

Dylan’s expressionless face hardened much more.

“Oh, no? Ha, I used to be simply joking round. Hahaha!”

Pedro introduced a gust of wind to his impassive world.

Maybe it was anger.

When Dylan took a step in the direction of Pedro, who was chattering away with all his may, he heard the distant sound of individuals murmuring.

“Who’s that individual?”

“There was such a stupendous woman?”

“Whose associate is that bureaucrat?”

“She looks as if a noble, however she doesn’t have a associate…”

A good looking woman, to Dylan, was only a stone.

He paid no consideration to such issues and continued to glare at Pedro.

As Dylan quietly fastened his gaze and positioned his hand on the hilt of his sword, at that second, the gang started to half as if it had been a miracle of Moses.

Even Dylan, who paid no consideration to the encompassing scenario, felt a way of curiosity. And eventually, a well-known voice brushed in opposition to his ear.

“Dylan?”

Dylan slowly turned his head in the direction of the route of the voice.

And there stood a lady so superbly crafted, as if by a god. She was an extremely gorgeous magnificence, fixating her gaze on Dylan.

At that second, a delicate breeze blew.

As if tickled, she adorned a fragile smile on her lips.

The buzzing ambiance immediately turned quiet. Everybody in that place, together with Dylan, was enchanted, fixated on her.

Her barely lengthy, gentle, chestnut hair danced within the wind. Her pristine white costume, gently protecting her ankles, evoked the picture of a swish fowl.

It triggered the protecting instincts of individuals, no matter age or gender. Everybody watched the gorgeous girl in awe, holding their breath.

She deepened her smile on her lips.

Instantly, as if frozen, the beforehand quiet ambiance remodeled.

“I haven’t seen her earlier than.”

“Is she Woman Garnet, the flower of excessive society?”

“Doesn’t look like the sort of woman to attend the executive ball.”

“She simply referred to as Dylan’s identify. What’s their relationship?”

“Might or not it’s… lovers? An ideal match.”

She shyly adjusted the ornate bonnet on her head.