Chapter 12
JOHANNA AND ROALD went back to bed. Roald fell asleep immediately, but Johanna was too disturbed to sleep. What in all the heavens was Kylian doing here?
She still saw him on that night Saardam burned, first when their eyes met across the crowded hall, when she could feel his magic, then him wanting to dance with her, having followed her, perhaps, into the deserted gallery. Admitting that he could sense her magic. The kiss—no, she didn’t want to think about that. Then he’d asked her to come with him to Florisheim. And then, when the fire started, he’d jumped over the wall and disappeared without trace while his father was still in the hall.
She could still feel the moment his lips touched hers. Her overwhelming reaction had been one of disgust, and then fascination. Wanting t
