*Lucian*
He saw his grandson.
I consider those words as I ride in the coach over the cobblestone streets of Blackrock city. I have been wandering aimlessly for more than two hours, trying to settle my thoughts.
I left the affair shortly after Evangeline and I returned to the ballroom. I saw no reason to stay. I suspected no other Miss would dance with me, but more than that, I had no desire to dance with anyone other than Evangeline. And I did not want to risk her reputation by having a second waltz. I had already placed her reputation at risk with one dance and a turn about the garden.
Why is she willing to risk so much simply to see that I was accepted? Friendship? The Goddess knows I have risked everything… including my life… for my friends. They have risked no less than that for m
