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.

a collector's haven, if only one had the eye for

quietly, scanning for something that might catch

half-occupied with the earlier call, while I took in

old violin, worn and covered in a

strings looked

said, my

curious at my tone.

gaze to

It's practically falling

know, but... there's something

lifting

was familiar, comforting, despite its battered

to the shopkeeper, an older man who had

for this one?" Narik asked, motioning to the

in surprise, as if he hadn't noticed the violin himself in

to toss it

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hesitated but eventually nodded. "Go

look but said nothing as I placed

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

rich, carrying a depth that shouldn't

Naril's expression

was a softness in

been perfect if it wasn't broken," he

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

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