Where most of the crowd’s emotions centered on the power-hungry and submissive loyalty to the kings I’m used to, Rylee’s emotions were the opposite. She was a jagged diamond of indifference in a sea of attention-seeking wealth. And the closer I got to her, the more I realized her emotions weren’t open to me like everyone else’s. I thought if I touched her, it might make her feelings clearer, but even as I slid my hand into hers for a dance, they were muddled to me.
