Alina's POV:

The guards' voice came from outside.

I instantly spun around and ran out. "Help! There is an assassin in my room!"

The guards quickly rushed to me and surrounded me protectively. "Where is the assassin, Miss Quinn?"

"In my room! Go and catch her!"

They charged into my room, well-armed with weapons, but were stumped. "Miss Quinn, there is no trace of an assassin here..."

"How is that possible?"

I pushed them aside from behind and discovered that there was indeed no assassin in my room. The woman in the black cloak had already escaped.

Witches were skilled at concealing themselves and using magic. If I wasn't holding the pendant that she gave me in my hand as proof, I would have thought that I had just hallucinated our encounter.

The guards did a thorough sweep of the room again, but failed to find the witch.

Quinn, why don'tyoushifttoanotherroom?" one of the

composure. "There's no need. You can leave

guards obeyed and filed out of

me of something. I called out to

East Sea to capture

being delicious and tender. Every time my father invited important

with activity these days, so I reasoned that they had been busy making

exchanged glances with

been confined to my room, my father's spies had replaced all of my loyal

coldly. "Go and inform my father that I will be attending the banquet

ordered you to stay in your

from the wedding. You can go and relay this

Right now, he was more focused on Sylvia and the other guests, and I was probably quite

had no choice but to follow my instructions

into the dressing room. I casually placed the pendant aside

my thoughts running amok.

with the pale face and muted eyes was

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