The night was still buzzing with the energy of the grand Valyrian party as Pyris Obsidian took a deep breath, his mind racing after his encounter with Seraphina Valyrian. The ballroom, filled with the most powerful figures from across Argos, suddenly felt smaller.
He had won this round, turning the Valyrian family's trap into his own victory, but there was something else—something stirring within him.
Seraphina had been the target tonight, but there were others in this vast world. Selene Serenova, for one, had caught his attention in recent days, but now Pyris felt the pull to widen his horizons even further.
["Quite greedy, aren't we?"] Lia chuckled.
The Obsidian Empire and the business world had consumed much of his focus for months now, leaving little room for the people at the academy he attended.
He had always been too occupied with managing his family's empire, never caring much about who else was around.
