Leia is just a Bait

Jericho

Everyone clapped as I took my seat just below my father's. The brief moment was enough to absorb the grief looming in my heart. Hearing Alfonso speak about my mother had made me emotional. The viciousness that radiated off the men of power, made the scenario even more darker. T’was a whole different energy from when I’d ascend the stage.

It was the end of formality. It was time to wine and dine. The hall was once again jumbled up as everyone was walking to and fro.

I looked at the spot where I had shared with Leia but she was gone. Luca was nowhere to be found too.

“We need to talk, follow me,” Alfonso declared, and I forgot about my worries. Without much thinking, I fell behind him as he took his leave.

We didn’t get to the exit in time because we kept stopping by to greet fellow men of honor.

“There’s something I have noticed, father,” I use the ‘father’ title when I want to discuss something crucial. Without waiting for Alfonso response, I continued. “Being married to