The past~ Blink and days will turn into years, Alastor was now nineteen years old, and it had been five years since the last time she saw Larissa in that garden. He has returned to the royal palace with an anxious heart because he was about to attend Larissa and Tedros’ engagement ball, the day they shall announce their betrothal to the rest of the people. When he arrived, he was not intending to stay, he was just a man of his word and had promised Tedros that he would come and give them his blessings. He even dressed in an attire that did not snub the dress code, dark-colored slacks, a white button-down, and a dark suit jacket, all of which was not his preferred style of clothing. In a corner, an orchestra was playing something soft, a melodious background music, barely audible amongst