"Congratulations on getting the King himself as your brand new royal sponsor tonight!" Bekky squealed with delight.
Bekky bounced in place before him while her colorful bracelets flashed brightly beneath the warm crystal chandelier light in the hall.
"I knew you saved our Didi, but the King claimed you in front of the entire court!" she gushed, clapping her hands.
"That is genuinely insane, and half the academy will cry when the story reaches them," she laughed heartily.
Didi caught her lively friend's arm and pulled her back one full step from the curious, listening crowd around them.
"Bekky, please calm yourself down—you are drawing far too much attention here!" she hissed, blushing furiously.
Color rose rapidly into the young Princess's cheeks while the watching noble heirs studied their loud, energetic corner of the ballroom.
Bekky only laughed cheerfully at the strange, disapproving looks arriving from the surrounding knots of highborn aristocrats standing nearby tonight.
