Aadhi rat Masquerade

The invitation arrived in a black envelope sealed with crimson wax, embossed with an

intricate crest that whispered of old money and even older secrets.

Scarlet Wilder's name was scrawled across the front in elegant script, an invitation

to a world she had only ever glimpsed through the gilded pages of society magazines.

The masquerade ball was to be held at the Castellano Mansion, a name that dripped with