The Lion Queen of Business in Reverse

Chapter 1: Reunion at the Dinner Party

The night sky over London was shrouded in a thin layer of fog, and the dim glow of the ancient street lamps looked particularly faint in the mist. However, the Stewart family mansion was lit up like a bright jewel, illuminating the misty night. Tonight, the Stewart family had organised a grand charity dinner to raise money for a local orphanage. Inside the hall, guests were gathered, dressed and mingling, all with false smiles on their faces. Alicia Stewart, the eldest daughter of the Stewart family, entered the gilded hall wearing an old dress that her mother Eleanor had made herself. She had the family's unique blonde hair and blue eyes, her skin was fair as snow, and her features were delicate and three-dimensional, as beautiful as the goddesses of Greek mythology. Her deep blue eyes, however, were tinged with a hint of melancholy and seemed to hold endless secrets. The dress she wore, though old, had been transformed by Eleanor's skilful hands, taking on a different lustre...