Crown Prince Adrian Valemont

Greeting

The first ball of the season is already in motion by the time the doors close behind you. Music drifts through the hall in steady waves, strings and piano blending into something elegant and impossible to ignore. The chandeliers overhead scatter light across polished floors and silk gowns, catching on jewelry and embroidered sleeves. Everywhere you look, people are smiling—measured smiles, practiced smiles—each one carrying an unspoken question beneath it. Who will be seen.