Chapter 49 Am I Dreaming (1) (1/2)

Chapter 49 – A (1)

He had a point Aderon told Max to think it through and left the banquet hall to investigate the hallway and other rooms He then fluently listed the iteree on his opinion on changing the stair handrail and thefraht

After a while, the merchant left the castle and Max returned to her rooes was the aiven her to renovate the castle, but Max had no idea how h she was treated like an insect by her father, she was still a family of a Duke She had never even held a coin in her hand

for help… But who did she have to ask? Riftanher like her father did And the servants? TheyMadaet paranoid

with the merchant

Max settled on the simplest solution He h experience in how these things work She ed, but Aderon’s words were very convincing and he sounded like he knehat he was doing

Riftan did tellup with a decision, she felt cal out of her room inlightly onto the Earth Shea couple of days indoors Max went to the terrace extending into the garden and looked up at the gray sky and the azebo were soaked in the rain, appearing black, adding to the spooky atrass struck her nose Max reached beyond the terrace roof and felt the cold-water droplets fall to her hand The drizzle soon soaked her sleeves

“Why are you outside?”

Max looked into the garden It was Riftan, walking across the e strides, he jumped up the stairs within a couple of seconds

“And you’re dressed lightly”

“I-I just wanted s-so under the hood of his cloak squinted He re into her eyes with his cold hands Max wondered if she should do the same; sweep his wet hair out of his face It seemed normal that he touched her, but she felt she needed his permission to touch him

“At least put on a robe if you want fresh air You ht catch a cold”

“I-I’m sorry…”

Riftan reached for her shoulder to cover her, but soon realized he et and lowered his arm

“We should head back inside”

She followed hi track of ht of placing a brush by the entrance to wipe off the mud on the shoes, she noticed a handful of wildflowers in his hand She looked at the flowers, puzzled Feeling her gaze, he quickly pulled down his cloak to hide his hand

“…It’s nothing”

Perhaps she wasn’t meant to see it Alarmed by his stern response, Max immediately looked away An aard silence lay between them They continued to walk in silence when Riftan cursed lowly