Chapter 18

• The night continues on. Laughs and the aromas of alcohol fill the air. The separate tables are now one, with both of the groups enjoying the party together. This is a good method for Leona to see through the lenses of the new world, the changes that happened after her ascendancy.
• And Kaelith stands there, alert yet never never addressing her directly, trying to avoid the past few interactions they had. They can never catch a break, either they fight, or the tension is too high, making it impossible to be in the same room.
• This reminds her of Aryan, how they used to be, yet she could call him a friend, someone to lean on. “Kaelith isn’t the same,” she thinks to herself. “Yet there’s something about him…”