ECLIPSE
With Liora Ashvale's murderer being caught, the brides were released and escorted back to their lodgings.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the third day of them being in the North, and yet the remained ever farther from the Centeal Palace, still stuck at Stormrest Fortress without any promise of advancing.
Sunlight streamed into Eclipse's room while she remained seated on a floor mat, legs crossed as she took on the stance of meditation.
She was so deep in her mind that the sounds of Anna dusting her room soon melted and faded into nothingness.
There, memories of her encounter with Malric the night before filled her, detonating like an earthquake.
"So do you mean to love me? Openly and publicly?"
"Indeed. I intend to love you so much they will approach you.
"I demand a price…."
"What price?"
"Your heart."
He didn't answer the question in which she declared that she yearned to capture his black heart.
