Kristal teleported back to her apartment after she saw the message Ruby had sent to her. On getting home, she crashed on the couch and slept off with the scene of Lord X teasing her replaying itself in her head.

***

Within the blink of an eye, the masquerade ball arrived, much to the excitement of everyone and anxiousness of Kristal.

She paced back and forth in her room still clad in her underwear while Ruby was in her room dressing.

“He couldn’t have meant what he said right?” she asked herself as she recalled what Lord X had told her.

Groaning in frustration, she was about to enter her...