Leilani.
I didn't want to be here. I didn't want to be wining and dining with the same people who had broken me time and time again and had hurt me in ways unimaginable.
But Jay said that I needed it.
Jay had told me that I ought to rise from the shadows. That I needed to make a mark for myself.
And it was due to this reason that I walked into the bustling hall tonight despite knowing that it would house all of my enemies put together.
When I stepped in, all eyes turned to me but contrary to the girl I used to be, I didn't falter. Instead, I raised my head a little higher and cat-walked further into the room just the way my fitness instructor, Maya, had taught me.
My breath caught in my throat when my eyes snagged on a familiar pair of blue eyes in the corner but I quickly glanced away, smiling when Jarek came into view.
