Dewdrops glistened in the warm morning sunlight as Evalynn strolled with Kenni toward the gazebo that overlooked the small pond on the edge of the mansion grounds. The wet grass was soaking Evalynn's shoes as they walked, but she was too enthralled by the moment to care. It had been two days since their post-dinner garden walk and while she had wanted to spend time with Samuel the day prior, she hadn't been able to see him aside from at dinners. Every other moment of his time had been taken up by her father, boasting about one thing or another with Kenni politely entertaining him. The only topic that seemed to spark any sense of interest in Kenni was when Allipous had brought up the Uldian border to the west, but his insights were so frail that the Duke had quickly lost interest again. Eva
