A Mask of the past

It felt like the whole world had stopped, the whole room fell silent as everyone stared in awe at the beautiful woman who had just walked into the party,

The whispers of intrigue and jealousy passed around as Brynn kept her head up, and stood her ground as the belle of the ball.

While they all stared, Brynn was a bit taken back by all the eyes on her but tried not to let it show or let the anxiousness kick In “be brave Brynn, you owe them nothing” she whispered to herself as she looked around for her date,

She heard footsteps approaching, and the whispers increased, Brynn looked up from her mask to meet the gaze of dark familiar emerald eyes looking at her,

It was Killian with a look of surprise and dark want passed around his eyes, like he still couldn’t believe the goddess that stood in front of him“ you look exquisite darling” he muttered to her, making Brynn smile out of the compliment,

“ do you think so?”

“ Darling, I know so, and I know. Plenty of people In this room would d