Lorenzo led me around the hall as if he himself owned the place. We stopped to talk to almost everyone, and Lorenzo was surprisingly polite in introducing me to the other guests. I couldn’t help but feel a pit form in my stomach any time he referred to me as his dancer. After an hour, I think I had met over a hundred people — particularly other alphas and their assistants, as well as their lunas who clung to them and their every word. It was very important for luna's to show support for their tribe, as disloyalty often led to being cast out. My favorite part of all of this though wasn’t talking to these powerful people, but hearing Lorenzo gossip about them afterwards. I don’t know if he did it consciously, but he started to sound like his younger self again as he dropped details here a