"...Adelaide, are you alright?"
Her father's voice was somewhere between concerned and annoyed, drawing her back to the present moment. The meeting he had requested her to attend held significant importance for him and the entire Archduchy of Lanark.
With a smile that masked her wandering thoughts, Adelaide replied, "Of course, father. I was simply reflecting on the gentleman's remarks."
In truth, her mind had not been occupied by the man's words at all. Instead, she found herself consumed by the absence of Egon's presence the previous night.
He promised...The sense of disappointment she felt towards him was beyond belief. As she looked at her intertwined hands resting in her lap, memories of the previous night came back to her.