Chapter 94: Beautiful is green
Dubbed "Golden chords", Zimmerlarks were arguably one of the most daylight loving beings one could encounter. Deeper into the thickest nooks of the woods was where their melodious chants rose the loudest.
Those darling looking birds sang all the way as the carriage threaded the lively greens. A tune that could, without a doubt, tame any soul in under seconds.
Had they been predators, they’d have been the fiercest for disarming the most cautious of creatures would have been a child’s play for their kind.
So nearly hypnotic, they’d successfully lulled Arabella into a blissful daze. One so calming, it’d led her to shut her eyes and rest her head against the car.
A squeak here, a quack there... Every other sound blended seamlessly with the unrelenting chirp, birthing a symphony like no other.
Silas quietly admired her leaning figure, his diamonds rising up from the brooch pinned to her dress, then to the pendant resting precisely at the center of her chest, lingering on the golden spots racing across her delicate skin, courtesy of the balmy sunlight that had somehow managed to brave through the dense trees towering over them.
Only to then focus on the plum lips perfectly contrasting in color with the rest of her face.
For a reason he refused to consult with himself, the rhythmic humming of her heart brought him a much greater solace than the carol of nature surrounding them.
Silas wretched his eyes away when the green of her eyes became visible.