Chapter 134 Kiara

• Year 4.
• I will not dance with him this year. Repeating that oath over and over in my head, I fasten the crimson lace mask over my eyes. No ivory tonight. Nothing to help him recognize me, because I will not dance with Simon Yates, either openly or in secret. I will not meet him in the rose garden this evening.
• How can I, when he spent the last ten months waging war on my family? How can I dance with him after watching my older brother cave in on himself, losing all confidence and pride? After Simon took such vicious joy in bringing us low?