Chapter 268

• The pale crescent moon shone like a silvery claw in the night sky, the blanket of stars stretched to infinity.
• Danika kept true to her vow. As she led him around the palace of Mombana, she tried to hold a conversation with him. They talked about little little things while the night's air caressed their body, stars moving with them in the sky.
• Her eyes were tuned to him. Anywhere that holds a bad remembrance for him will show in the way his jaw will clench and his eyes goes darker. So, she told him stories of her younger days to distract him; her adventures in the palace with Sally.