The tangled voices of the nobility who were present contrasted the steady beating of my heart. Most of them were eyeing me, and I ever did meet their gaze they would smile and lower their chins. Niko and I would do the same, politely and gracefully.
There were those who attempted to hold a conversation, to ask of how the new married couple were doing. Niko would be the first to answer, and I would do the follow ups. And in case there were topics that were needed to be avoided, we would smoothly swerve the talk to another subject. Flawlessly and unnoticeably.
