Chapter 26
Aryah woke up very early at dawn, when it was still very dark and there was a barely noticeable sliver of sunlight slowly appearing on the horizon. She pushed back the padded blanket from her face to gaze around the soft blackness of her empty room. Exactly a week before New Year’s Day … She smiled to herself. An excited shiver ran through her body and her cheeks lightly pinkened in anticipation at what the following days might bring. Kai … --------------------- “It is a great honor to finally meet you, Lady Chiyo,” the woman spoke softly, addressing Baron Shingo’s wife and using the appropriate honorific ter
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