Stella gulped and it was difficult to swallow as if a lump had formed in her throat.
Her two closest allies were smitten by the grown-up Alina and it was happening right in front of her eyes on her sixteenth birthday.
'Those two are unbelievable! This is the first time I met Alina in how many years and yet, look at how she was already getting them to her side. People change their minds so easily,' she sighed as she watched Zafir dance with Alina after Hendrick did.
Hendrick danced with Princess Cassandra who had obviously been looking forward to dancing with him again.
The princess being with her brother again and again was fine. But Alina was not. The same goes for Zafir.
Dancing with Princess Katrina all night would have been fine with her. But not Alina. And yet she had to witness it happen again and again.
"Francis, I want to take in some fresh air," she said when she can no longer take it.
