Elena and her father were both waiting. Waiting for the blood moon to end to face each other in their true form.
For the mean time they stated away from each other, the guests that had come for the festival was unaware of what was going on in the palace. Everything seemed fine to them so they didn't suspect a thing.
The family was divided, Elena had her supporters on her side while The desert king and Anika had all the sand witches on their team.
All of them were waiting for the curse of the moon to be lifted so they could be at each other's throats.
Anika was really awaiting for the chance to get even with Esteban and Lola for the way that they had treated her. She was definitely going to teach them a lesson for the way that they had behaved with her.