Under the Veil I Rule
Chapter 358
Chapter 358
A bright blaze danced before them, tongues of fire licking the air, casting flickering shadows across Amara and Finnian's faces. The shifting light left their features half-illuminated, half-obscured.
"I want to pay my respects to Liliana's child," Finnian finally said.
He hesitated, the fire's glow sharpening the lines of his face. "Honestly, I wasn't exactly looking forward to the baby's arrival. When I learned we'd lost it, I actually felt..... relieved. And that makes me feel guilty."
Finnian didn't want Liliana's child? The admission stunned Amara. She wasn't sure she believed him, not right away, but she didn't protest. Instead, she kept her head bowed, silent.
Once Finnian had finished burning the slips of paper he'd brought, Amara broke the quiet. "Mr. Everly, do you really believe in all this?"
In her mind, Finnian had never been superstitious. When Mr. Kevin Everly insisted Finnian marry her to bring good luck back to Mrs. Grace Everly, Finnian had only agreed out of filial duty. On principle, he'd always seemed to think such rituals were absurd-burning offerings, seeking good fortune they were all just old wives' tales to him.
Finnian stamped out the last embers, then grabbed a broom and dustpan, sweeping the ashes into a trash bag. "No. I don't. I do it for peace of mind, that's all."
wasn't burning the offerings for the dead, Amara realized. It was for the living -to give the survivors
an hour. When they reached her building, he insisted on walking her up. Amara didn't object. At her door, just as she was
need to talk to you," he said
heart skipped in anticipation; she'd half-guessed what was
turned to face him. "What is
even a slight smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. "When
out of joy, but
forgotten Finnian, not really. But
left her unmooredet
to
her head. "I'm sorry, Mr.
quick to turn
hadn't expeeted her to say yes right away, so her answer didn't surprise him, but he still didn't like hearing it. He reached out,
really like you. Will you give me a
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