Chapter 73
Vanya
The palace looked like it had fallen straight out of a fairytale.
I stepped through the giant archway, lined with silver leaves and enchanted frost, and I swear for a moment, I forgot to breathe. Everything shimmered. The chandeliers overhead looked like they were carved from crystal snowflakes and floated on invisible strings of magic. Garlands of evergreen and golden mistletoe twisted around marble pillars, and a massive tree stood in the center of the ballroom—easily three stories tall, covered in glowing white orbs and tiny wolves carved in glass.
But the beauty of the place only made the pit in my stomach grow deeper.
Too many people. Too many eyes. Too much power concentrated in one room.
Alphas from every known region had gathered, each more regal than the nex
