Call

, and I could no lo

enough to cover the marks the sun had left on me over the past few days. The most affected part was my arms, and

the carriage already waiting for me. The two knights I had requested as an escor

the very princess who spent most of her life bedridden is now on her feet... They'd mock me unt

e were carriages with crests of families I didn't even know existed, and as we

n I reached that familiar grand door, I felt

s who had survived the shipwreck had arrived. When I informed them

scanning the room, the first thing I did was search for Alexandre. I was expecting to see a

s nobles who looked at me with confu

, changed by the passage of time, but they were still the same. They co

en something-or rather someone-blocked my path. A tall man dressed in war armor stood before me. He wore a wolf mask, and

as he approached, but one look from that my

o he was. All I felt was that the wolf he c

strange feeling he evoked in me was. For a moment, I lost control

unicating through us. Unable to control myself, I took his hand, a

ne was dancing. With all eyes on us, I felt the wor

ed partner of Ivy Calleya; I knew

trying to decipher the feeling

l, strong, and also very enigmatic. For a moment, I forgot everyone around us completely and let myself be carrie