Skye Hearing that Esmeralda and Julius were attending the coronation ball of the next demon queen wasn’t as big of a shock as I thought it would be. Hearing that they insisted that Theodore and I go with them was the part I wasn’t happy about. What on earth would I be doing at a ball where everybody there turned their damn backs on me! But, since Esmeralda insisted, and her plan made sense. Sort of. I had no other choice. After what happened while I slept, I really didn’t want this power for longer than I needed to have it. I was sure that as soon as that witch figured out someone else had it, she would find them and threaten them. Or so I hoped. I mean, Esmeralda did say that she knew how to call her. The time for Fyrola’s ball passed faster than I had hoped, and I stood in our room