I turned in the direction of the other Elements and approached them majestically.
For the first time, I will be sitting close to my fellow Elements, including the princess of the Empire.
The moment I sat down, a familiar chill ran through the air, numbing my skin.
'Why was that?' I thought, until a voice drew me back to reality.
"I thought you'd decide to be the coward by not attending," the voice said. It was Sandra's.
I didn't pay her the immediate attention she needed, but hummed softly. She was sitting directly to my right.
And to my left sat Miriam Aeralis, the one rumored to me the lazy Lord of their Duchedom.
I was sitting between four of the most beautiful, dangerous, and, quite frankly, unbearable teenage ladies in the Empire.
If that wasn't irony, I didn't know what was. But the fact remains in the rumor that goes around.
Standing behind them were their maidservants, and within me was my assumed Protector and shadow, Linda.
