CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
My heart sank with the last lingering bits of embers. “It’s done?”
Arian sighed and nodded. “I am afraid so. Lord Eastwei expends only so much energy for the event, and I have heard tell it takes quite a bit of strength to part the heavens to reveal the night sky.”
I studied the shimmering ‘stars’ created by all the lanterns. “What about the lanterns?”
“Lord Eastwei will keep the lanterns aloft until daybreak when he revokes his magic and they fall to the grass,” Arian told me as she sat back down on the grass. “Anyone may fetch theirs for next year, but most allow the vendors to pick them up and restore them to sell again.”
“Lady Anna! Lady Anna!”
The shout came from our right where little Lia scurried across grass and blankets to get to us. She was nearly
