Chapter 26
“Mm...”
A faint rustling sound came from beside him.
Aiden wondered if Selina had woken up, but her eyes remained closed. Instead, the bright sunlight was pouring down on her face.
Her pale complexion looked even whiter, and her sky-blue hair gleamed like a summer sky.
Aiden raised a hand to create a shade over Selina’s face.
As she stopped shifting uncomfortably under the sunlight and fell back into a peaceful sleep, Aiden let out a small smile before turning his gaze back out the window. The weather was pleasant.
Between the increasingly dense clusters of houses, a towering clock tower stood in the distance. Staring at it, Aiden recalled something Sir Lukas had told him a few days prior.
“Aiden, if Selina ever says she wants to climb that clock tower while I’m not around... you must stop her.”
The clock tower... Could it be...?
Aiden clenched and unclenched his free hand, deep in thought.
If his suspicion was right, what was he supposed to do? Should he recall that day when he was seventeen... or should he focus on the person lying before him now?
Meanwhile, about three hours earlier.