The birthday party

CHAPTER 12

The day for the Emperor's birthday ball finally arrived and I was filled with excitement. My greatest anticipation was seeing Lucien again. Although we've been communicating via letter for the past one and the half month, I still wanted to see him in person again.

The Empire had finally calmed down from the buzz that was the exposure and execution of corrupt individuals. Luther was still being his annoying self and sometimes I felt like strangling him. The man couldn't take no for an answer and it was suffocating.