Chapter 53 The Winter Illumination Night

• Aurora
• By the time the sun set, the scale of the event had become truly overwhelming. What had been a busy staging area during the day was now a literal sea of people. Thousands upon thousands of citizens of Averne City and foreign visitors lined the banks of the Royal Lake.
• I moved through the professional press pit, wearing a silver mask to match the theme of the masquerade ball. With my camera in hand, I began taking pictures.