#Chapter 83: Into the Woods

Elara

I couldn’t believe what I was looking at.

Lucien, the famous model who I had danced with at the masquerade, was messaging me on the dating app. I wasn’t even sure how the message came through, considering the fact that I had turned off notifications—a bug, perhaps—but it didn’t matter.

My stomach did a weird little flip, but not in the way it might have if I were actually interested. It was