The party, at last, everyone of note had arrived and settled in. Soldiers of war, the king and the queen, along with the Mistress and her underlings. Even the Red madam was present in all her fashionable glory. As for the remaining guests, they were mostly Raven's closest aides as well as any women that he'd accepted into his harem. From Moxy, Tanya, Rose and the trio of older ladies with families to Linkle, Shamisha, Daine and family.
His greetings had taken long, and after hours upon hours of shaking hands and sharing hugs, Raven finally settled under one of the gazebos where Helga was already sitting. Being the only one with whom he hadn't talked, he wanted to extend her the same courtesy before retiring for the night in preparation for what was to come.
