XLI

Amanda left the event ballroom feeling claustrophobic. All the bad words people said about her on the show didn't more hurt when she saw Illarion Black dancing passionately with Queen Zaina. Her feet stopped on the balcony overlooking the artificial lake, and there was no moonlight, only stars in the night sky.

"Wake up, Amanda! Don't be so greedy. He doesn't even look at you; you can never have him! Remember, you're just one of the enemy's family's people, " the girl said while patting her cheeks. Amanda was then pensive and almost dropped tears when she first heartbreak for a man.

Oh no, his first heartbreak was with his father. Ben Broke. And what a poor girl, she had to be heartbroken again when she was new to love, even before love blossomed beautifully.

Amanda's long silver hair swayed gently in the wind on the palace balcony. Then, finally, someone touched the tip and kissed it.

"Like I said before when I first met you, you are someone I will be very hard to forget," Apollo sai