Chapter 74: Why Bother?

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived. Daxton Mabbett, Aliyah Mabbett, and Giovanna Quinny headed together to a street in the eastern district of the Imperial City. The street stretched far into the distance, strung with rows of bright red lanterns. Flowers lined both sides in lavish displays, competing in color, radiant and beautiful. Well-dressed young men filled the road, and girls in flowing skirts and delicate makeup walked in groups, chatting and laughing. "So lively!" Aliyah said,...