Silence. There was only silence. A grave silence, so heavy, it weighed inside Evelyn's heart and body and mind. And if the whole world would be falling apart right now, she wouldn't notice it, she wouldn't move her gaze from Victor's blue eyes that somehow, she only now figured were identical to hers. Hers and their father's. No, my father, she corrected herself. Her brother was dead, and if Victor was playing some tricks to her, he wasn't being funny. "Evelyn..." Arthmael's voice sounded so far away, like his lips weren't just above her ear. She didn't look at him... she just couldn't. Abruptly, Evelyn stood up, and so did Victor after her. He looked serious... serious and calm, like he hadn't just claimed he was her dead brother, like he hadn't messed up with her head in an astronomic

