Chapter Five
During the warm summer months, Zahrias had enjoyed sitting at the table in the courtyard and consuming his meals there, but he knew the nights now were too cold for such an arrangement to be comfortable for Julia. Instead, he planned to sit down with her in the dining room. The table seemed small and somewhat mean to him, as it could only accommodate twelve and no more, but since it would only be the two of them, he supposed that didn’t matter.
He recalled that she had enjoyed the meals Phillip prepared, and so he enlisted the mortal man to create the menu and prepare the dishes. Not wishing to impose too much on that worthy individual, Zahrias made sure that Phillip could do all the cooking during the afternoon and be done in time to prepare another fine meal for Julia’s pa
