Chapter 22

A week later, countless eyes fell on me as I got out of the Rolls Royce, dressed in a tube top, floor-length rose gold dress and a platinum mask with luminous pearl butterfly wings on my face.

I ignored the stunned admiration of those present and slowly raised my head. My gaze swept the place I had not seen for a week, my lips curled into a smile.

I handed the invitation to the bellboy at the entrance, and he led me into Alpha Michael's manor.

Tonight was the Luna Masquerade Ball. Enzo told me that Michael would be announcing the union and marriage between his daughter, Melissa, and Enzo tonight.

With my appearance, this announcement would be more dramatic for sure tonight.

I have never held my head up this high, not have I examined those in power this closely, because I had always been a poor, pathetic, lowly, and dirty slave to them.

So, I could feel nothing but irony as I watched one man after another hand me their business card and give me fawning smiles.

It was even more ironic w