n such an incredible place, I had to admit that the decorati

hed, covering my eyes so as not to

chuckle. Then Sophie

She said, jok

relaxed. Sam brought me a glass of champagne. My rule was not to drink, but if I didn't drink at all, it would be counter

." I said, smiling to h

aid. "Oh, that's why Da

ly, as if I was the strangest thing in the world. I took a breath. What made me trem

ce everything." My voice

naked. He smiled and held out his hand for me to shake. I did. I

le." He made a funny face. "Y

for me to go t

issive." She expla

eplied, sipping

rve me again too quickl

." She winked, with her characteristic mischiev

another

iled. "I got dow

o feel more

d the games." She was more interested in me, staring at me, analyzing me. "I showed Stella that I had co

ime they met. But Daemon hadn't done the same with

y play?" I wa

ade the game interesting. We made a sc

een a couple before coming to the castle. But I hadn't imagined the situations like this, no

f you want." Sophie drank from

d drank from mine as well, imi

the grace to speak and the elegance to move. She didn't lo

me in an hour. Call Daemon." Sophie said, takin

o a formal secretary's suit. She had one just like it. She helped me put i

re presence of other people in the lobbies made me pale. I had a lot of complexes; I had hated myself so much when I was young

my life h

me." I said, t

least I'd like to think so." She looked a litt

n?" I asked, gai

u what Cady, I'm going to help you earn your place here, I'm going to he

something, and my intuition told me that she might have information about the crime. I looked at her carefully and noticed that her lips wer

gance and beauty, and now her

with the truth. She took a long drink from her glas

iant." She said, re

d. When I saw myself in this provocative costume, I realized that I would have a hard time. The game would start soon an

told myself. But I w