Chapter 60 - A Night of Celebration

The carriage rolled through the grand gates of Valtoria Palace as twilight melted into a canopy of starlit velvet. Torches flickered along the drive, their warm glow reflecting off the polished marble walls. Footmen in gleaming silver-and-blue livery flanked the royal carriage, and as its doors opened, guests pressed eagerly forward to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds. Lucien and Alexander stepped out together—Lucien in his cobalt coat and crisp white cravat, Alexander in midnight blue and silver—and the crowd erupted into applause that echoed off the palace walls.