Chapter Thirty Four

Two pairs of eyes fell on us as we walked in. I found myself hiding behind Aziel slightly as I tried taking a peek at the vast dining room.

The dining table was really long it was kinda like the type you find in palaces. If I wasn’t exaggerating, I would say about thirty people could sit around it. Yes, it was that long.

Sitting at either end of the table was a man and a woman. My eyes caught sight of the woman first and I thought I had never seen anyone more beautiful and elegant before. She doesn’t look a day older than thirty. She was wearing a cobalt blue dress which probably stopped at her knee (I wouldn’t know ‘cause she was sitting and I can’t see well from where I was standing). Her hair was tied in a tight bun, away from her face. She was wearing makeup, I knew but it was so minimal and light that anyone would be convinced that she wasn’t wearing any. Her lips curved up to a smile when she saw Aziel and when her eyes met mine, the smile dropped instantly.

I broke eye conta