Chapter 29

Contrary to her worries, the book was interesting. It said that Lake Seronne was a place as vast as the sea. Adel had never seen the sea, but strangely she thought that the sea, too, must resemble Jacques.

Three or four hours had passed since she began reading while waiting for him, but this man like the sea showed no sign of returning. Struggling to fight off sleep, she eventually laid her head down on the large book and fell asleep just like that. Strangely, sleep kept pouring over her. Even though her fate was such that she could not know what lay an inch ahead, some faint thread of belief kept loosening her heart.

When the sun had tilted a little more and light poured through the large window of the library, Jacques returned to the ducal residence.

“She is in the library right now.”

Though he had not…