Alpha Ares
My face felt stiff as I forced my lips up in return, but it fell as soon as I stepped inside and every head in the room turned to face me.
The banquet hall was carved right out into the side of the mountain, touching the outside world through long, thin windows filled with mismatched pieces of stained glass. Pale streaks of coloured light streamed inside, painting hazy reds and golds and blues and greens across the worn wooden tables. Four of them ran up the centre of the room, with one running across their tops at the far end of the room from where I stood. Less than half the seats were filled, and every noise sounded too loud as they echoed back against the walls.
“Is that her?” someone wh
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