Chapter 67

Elvira POV

The soft rustle of my gown followed me as I turned away from Jaxon. I don’t even care anymore to know what’s going on in that mind of his. I can’t afford to get my mind clouded again.

Just then, a sharp sting on my ankle.

I winced. Pain bloomed up my leg like fire, and I turned, heels digging into the marble floor of the ballroom. To see Lila. That was the first time I had seen her up close.

Her face was perfect, too beautiful. She was poised in an elegant way, but her eyes gave her away. Petty and jealous.

“Oops,” she said, the heel of her shoe still pressed to the hem of my dress. “Didn’t see you there, mate snatcher.”

The word dropped like a bomb. I inhaled sharply through my nose, my hands curling into fists by my sides.