Chapter 219

• VALENTINA
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• The masquerade ball was over, but my body still felt it. My skin buzzed like I’d been standing too close to a live wire all night. I stood alone in my suite, the door closed behind me, the only light coming from the small lamp on the nightstand. The emerald gown lay in a heap on the floor, beautiful one minute, heavy the next. I stepped out of the matching heels and kicked them aside, the cool air hitting my bare legs.