24

~Aspen

I am not ready for this.

I've met Noble's before, and yet there is something different about stepping into the Territory One manor they all oversee.

It's likely because Ellard may be here, but in reality, it's the cause of this special person Kastriv has told me I'm meeting today.

He didn't need to tell me I need to make a good impression tonight, but I get the feeling that nothing else will suffice. Whoever this is, they are important to Kastriv in some bizarre way.

I know she practically runs all the Noble's lives, but Kastriv was cagey on telling me why.

"It was a mistake bringing her here, you know," someone says as we walk through the door, making me jump.

It's Larsen, one of the only Noble's I haven't had the chance to meet.

Not that it's a bad thing I haven't met him. In fact, it was by design. Oliver cannot stand him, wary of Larsen's poisonous touch and sardonic attitude.

"Larsen," Kastriv sighs, not seeming pleased to be reunited with his brother either. "I had no ide