Chapter 123

Chapter 123

"Hello, this is Narik. I'm with Elizabeth right now."

Leo's tone shifted instantly to one of concern.

"Narik? Stay away from her," he said sharply. "I don't want you getting involved with her."

"You don't get to decide this."

Narik said mockingly. After saying that, he hung up the phone straight away.

rik tossed the phone to me, along with a motorbike helmet.

He raised an eyebrow at me, "Now we can get going."

I caught the phone and smiled helplessly as I got on the back of his bike.

The streets were quiet, the fading sun casting a golden glow over the city.

We pulled our motorbikes over and walked slowly down the street, passing by a few stores until we found ourselves in front of a small shop with a weathered sign above the door.

It looked ancient, like it hadn't been touched in years.

Dusty windows barely revealed the instruments inside, but something about the place drew me in.

"Should we check it out?" I asked, already pushing the door open.

Inside, the shop smelled of old wood and varnish.

Rows of pianos, guitars, and violins filled the room, most of them in various states of disrepair.

haven, if only one had the

aisles quietly, scanning for something

the earlier call, while I took in the

old violin, worn

body was scarred, and the strings looked like they hadn't

my voice

tone.

to the violin, raising

It's

there's something about

lifting the instrument

weight was familiar, comforting, despite its battered

older man who had been watching us from

Narik

as if he hadn't noticed

about to toss it out.

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anfly, my

man hesitated but eventually nodded. "Go

but said nothing as I placed the violin under my

glided across the strings, and to our surprise, a warm, mellow

a depth that shouldn't have been possible from

Naril's

a softness in his eyes, something almost

it wasn't broken,"

at him, then at the violin. "It still has a lot of life left in it. We'll take

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