Leland felt increasingly heavy and restless, so he decided to get up and sit down on the roof. He knew it was futile to force himself to sleep under the stars. Not when his mind was filled with so many things that made him worried.
Now, his blue-green eyes looked down at the pink flowers in the garden and then remembered Sophie, who suddenly fainted when she saw Nicholas at the palace party. Sophie must have been in shock that the husband she thought had died suddenly stood before her.
"Do you still love him, Sophia?" Leland asked the surrounding space with a sad smile. He continued to watch the pink flowers in the garden that fluttered in the wind.
The gentle rays of the morning sun slowly rose and dispelled the remaining darkness. It signaled that the night was over and a new day was about to begin.