"It's really nothing important, darling. Just one of the companies I do business with inviting me to one of the parties they throw a couple times a year. I'm not going, so it's no big deal."

"Why not? Wouldn't it be fun, and good business, besides?"

"It would definitely be good business, but not fun. Not for me, anyway."

"I thought you liked parties."

"Depends on the party, honey."

Her father's evasive answers were only making Arya that much more curious. "Why not this one, Dad? How bad can it be?"

"Pretty bad. This company's parties just have a reputation for being pretty wild."

"Sounds like fun," she snickered.

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