CROWN OF VENOM AND VELVET

A Game of Illusions

Author: Vesper—Elsewhere

A Game of Illusions

[PRINCE CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

The hallways are quieter as I move farther away from the buzz of the banquet. My craft silences any lingering echoes, gaze steadying on the far end of the empty hallway Severine disappeared to.

I turn the corner and pause when I am met with the silence of yet another empty hallway, only now the steel doors of an elevator signify the dead end.

My shoulders relax as I mai