Violet stared up at the tower, right before them, and tried to imagine the doomed couple meeting there. The guy was Carl's ancestor, so she imagined they looked alike. He would have been brave and dashing and arrogant, and the poor human girl probably never stood a chance against him. Once he would have swept her away, she would never have been able to see anything else. He would have taken up her entire vision, and filled her heart.
"They say the clock has not functioned since, but they left the tower as a monument to the two of them and their love." Carl's voice was soft as he looked up at the tower, and when he turned to Violet, her heart skipped a beat. Her brain was still back there with the doomed lovers. "But of course, he probably broke something in the clock while he was up there
