In another location within the City Lord Manor, moonlight poured across a garden like flowing silver silk, illuminating every curved stone path. Petals drifted across the garden from the flowering trees and even fell on a quiet post resting at the center. Its waters were still enough to mirror the stars above.
Gentle mist hovered above its surface while luminous and rich wisps in the form of koi fish swam around.
At this moment, a black-hooded person approached the pond in silence from the shadows.
The hood covered the body, and the veil hid the face, but not even darkness could conceal the mature bosoms this person possessed.
It was a woman. Her long black hair flowed down her back like a river of ink, occasionally stirred by the cool night breeze. Her eyes carried exhaustion and melancholy that seemed far too heavy for someone who held the title of City Lord Kain's first wife.
Her fingers clenched slightly around the piece of paper she had received earlier.
