Chapter 60. Lost and Found

Lex

Something is happening at Castle Blackmoor. The servants are hard at work cleaning and decorating the entire place. Food is being brought in along with a new batch of feeders. The biggest significance is the large amounts of blood. I can tell when a party is being planned.

Opal has been feeling better this week, so she’s ventured outside of her room. She’s holding court amongst nobles during breakfast when I enter the dining hall. She’s the only one that will answer a direct question from me, so my options to get answers are severely limited. Biting the bullet, I come over to her despite the disapproving looks from the nobles around us.

Opal scowls at me. “What do you want?”

“Is there going to be a party?” I ask, ignoring the sneers from the nobles. “What’s the occasion?”

“Not that it’s any of your business, but my father’s having a masquerade ball. He’s invited all the important families to come.”

“A masquerade ball?” I repea