Chapter 36

Elinor was breathing heavily as she looked around the garden desperately. It was cold, and her dress was lighter than it was supposed to be in this weather outside. Sighing deeply and realizing that she was too late and that Azeph really wasn't there, she sat down on a bench facing the small pond at the center and stared at it.

"Elin? Is that you?" She heard behind her and stood up to look at the newcomer.

Azeph was stepping toward her wearing a cloak and looking flushed as if he had been waiting in the cold for a long time.

"You look... You look beautiful" he said as if it was the most natural thing in the world, "But you can't stay in the cold like this, you will catch your death,” he added as he removed his cloak throwing it around her shoulders.

“Have you been waiting for me all this time?” She asked as the warmth of the cloak settled around her settling her panic down and helping her regain her equilibrium.

“Knowing that you would be late I waited for a while before coming here.