Chapter 655 – No Longer Valid
The gala started like every other over-decorated social event full of people who hated each other in glitter.
The Moonlight Gala was famous for its ridiculous opulence. The venue was a historic ballroom suspended magically over a waterfall cliff, with glass floors enchanted to shimmer like starlight and floating chandeliers that adjusted brightness based on the perceived attractiveness of whoever walked beneath them.
Tonight, the chandeliers sparkled hard.
Diamonds, gowns, silk gloves and laughter, every step was a silent battle of posture and power. Enchanted perfume drifted in the air, delicate and lethal. Elites sipped gold-flecked wine and pretended they didn't recognize each other from last month's boardroom betrayal.
And into that glittering hell walked Vincent Albrecht.
Or rather, Lux Vaelthorn, as he pretended to be.
Vincent had gone all out.
