Chapter 106

Soren pointed toward a direction. “The balcony. There are fewer people there.”

I looked at him, slightly slack–jawed. “Don’t you need to, uh, host the guests?”

“Aren’t you a guest?”

My cheeks flushed as I followed him to the first–floor balcony.

The night breeze was cool, carrying with it the fresh scent of pines and the forest.

The question resurfaced in my mind.

“Mr. Kenway-‘

“Taylor-”

We paused, realizing we had spoken simultaneously, and laughed.

he

lips together to steady my quickening heartbeat. “I really want to know: have you known me before this? Have you been

hard. His mesmerizing eyes were fixed on my

said, “Don’t you remember me

Have we met before?”

as I could, but his face–or anyone who resembled him–didn’t appear in

grin. “It’s been a long, long

when? When

eight or

up. “Schansey? That’s

I was a mischievous imp, too. My grandfather was fed up with it, so he brought me to the

recall. Nothing

myself when I was a kid. I’d throw hands with the boys in town. So… Did I beat you up

his head. “No. Instead,

I didn’t remember

when I was hanging out with my friends, who were all sons of soldiers

somehow escalated into an actual brawl. We were

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