Isla
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS STATUE-LIKE PRINCE that gets me? We cross the bridge together and walk in the same direction Lyza and I had earlier. He leads me deeper and deeper till he halts in his tracks. I stop too and stare at the sight in front of me.
I blink and blink again but the pavilion is still standing right in front of me.
"H-How?" I whisper with awe,"it wasn't here a few hours ago."
"It wasn't?" Kyan asks though his unmoved expression says he knows about this.
"Yes... How did—"
"My father." And he starts walking towards the pavilion. The pavilion has ornate columns with vines of flowers climbing up it. Kyan reaches the pavilion and gives me a blank stare which I translate as: aren't you coming?
Sucking in air and letting it out with puffed cheeks, I walk to the pavilion an
