CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
I couldn’t stop thinking about that night and the expression on Lord Eastwei’s face as he stared at me. There had been something in his eyes that I’d never seen before. A kindling of some emotion that he was trying his best to tamp down.
“Anna? Lady Anna?”
I shook myself from my reverie and turned to my walking partner. Arian looked at me with concern as we strolled down the bright streets of the white city. It was a week after my ill-fated meeting with the godly lord and I was no longer wondering how somebody spent eternity entertaining themselves. As a god, the days seemed like hours and the weeks like days.
I smiled at her. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to space out.”
She blinked at me. “Space. . .out?”
I laughed and shook my head. “It’s just a saying from my
