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Twin staircases spiralled upward to a balcony that overlooked the floor below, and even without lifting my gaze, I could feel the weight of the stares pressing down from above. And somewhere among them, he would be there…
I didn't look up. I couldn't.
I did not want to look at his disgusting face.
The thought that he might have done something to Becca unsettled me. I forced myself to stop thinking about it.
She had to be fine.
The pets and a few vampires mingled on the ground floor around me, their chatter a dull roar in my ears. I kept my gaze fixed straight ahead, terrified of accidentally meeting familiar eyes. What if there were pets from Lord Lorn's castle here?
The strength I had summoned to walk through those doors was waning. The vast hall seemed to stretch endlessly in every direction. The chandeliers were too bright, the crowd too dense, and the air was suddenly too thin.
The tight fabric of the dress bore down on my chest like a vice.
'I can't breathe.'
