Chapter 4
Llona
Rouen was unlike any other city I’d ever been to. It was like the new world had slammed into an old one, but no matter how hard modern architecture tried to take over, the ancient style of wooden beams and stone walls held on tightly. It was both awe-inspiring and dizzying.
May exited the car and joined me in the parking lot. She inhaled deeply. “Do you smell it?”
I inhaled. “The ocean. I didn’t realize we were that close.”
“Maybe we’ll have time to go to the beach. It might be warm enough this far south.”
“Possibly.” I scanned all the nearby buildings, many of them several stories high. Even though it was afternoon and a bright sunny day, sunlight didn’t reflect off a single surface, not even from car roofs. It was as if this place drew light in and snuffed it out. I
