Chapter Fourteen
Spin slumped down on the bed. A plume of dust came up from the pillows. She frowned down at the small particles making a mess of the noble air.
She had taken a nap after being shown to the room she would spend the night in. Lark was next door, likely still fast asleep. But Spin had been a light sleeper all her life, and so she’d been up and about in just an hour.
The sound of music had lulled her to the music room. She hadn’t been entirely surprised to find the lord of the manor seated at the grand piano. She had been surprised at the wrong note she struck on the magnificent instrument.
Surely, they'd have had it tuned on a regular basis. The keys had sounded off as Zhi had been playing, but the passion he’d put into the simple song had been so compelling. The piano wa
