15

I was seated among all of them, I knew all of them in details the color of their underwear. I knew everyone here, but none of them knew me. They stared, talked in hush tones and wondered who I was.

This was the black ball, the society's annual ball, eat drink, socialize, gather allies, and kill an enemy or two.

Everyone always ended with one drama or another but this time around things were going to be about me.

The Hastings brothers and I weren't supposed to have any direct contact tonight because every eye will be watching us, and I don't want to implicate them any further, but Damon was supposed to be here, he was supposed to come with me to this ball, we discussed it before when we were on the island, now he's disappeared and ghosted me after everything.

Alex walked up to me and bowed and handed me a glass smiling.

I smiled back, "Where's Damon?", I asked through the smile.

"He said he's not coming".

"How the fuck is this plan suppose to work if he's not here?"

"I don't kn