A secret meeting...
It wasn't how Neveah had hoped her night would go. Laila stood on the other side of the door, waiting for her response with wide, hopeful eyes.
"Tonight?..." Neveah asked, taken aback.
The arrangement was too sudden. She didn't even know these people, or rather, she couldn't remember them.
How could she trust their words? Alessio was a monster, but she knew how to handle him at least.
Everyone else...was simply a stranger. She was just coming to terms with keeping Scott by her side. She wasn't certain she wanted to complicate things further.
"Yes... tonight." Laila confirmed, still glancing around nervously. She seemed to have just as much doubts about the arrangement as Neveah did, if not more.
"I... don't think there will be another chance." Laila explained further. "Once the ceremony begins, you will be by Alessio's side through it all. This might be the only opportunity...to meet."
