Arwen had been waiting to discover it all for a long time. But now that she had finally uncovered it —now that she knew —she didn’t know how to react.
Just the fact that Aiden wasn’t her imagination, but he did exist in her past, felt surreal.
They shared a past together.
And that alone opened the doors to so many possibilities.
Possibilities like ... everything that happened between them wasn’t just fate’s whim.
The familiarity that she felt around him wasn’t just a fleeting emotion born from longing and loneliness.
Their marriage —wasn’t just a coincidence.
They weren’t a coincidence, but ...
Arwen’s pupils dilated as a bold, audacious thought crossed her mind.
If all of this wasn’t a coincidence ... then how could their meeting at the Civil Affairs Bureau have been?
Alice frowned in concern when, even after several minutes, Arwen remained silent. She knelt beside her, studying Arwen’s expression carefully.
Placing her warm hands over hers, she asked softly, "Queen Sister, what’s wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything?"
"Alice ..." Arwen finally looked up, her voice calm but her gaze filled with a mix of disbelief and urgency. The weight in her eyes confused Alice more.
"Thank you for fixing this picture," she said, her voice gentle yet resolute.
Alice was about to brush it off and say she hadn’t done much, but Arwen didn’t give her the chance.
"But right now ... I need to return."
"Huh?"
Arwen nodded, already standing, cutting off whatever protest Alice might have had. "I have to find someone and get some answers. I will leave first."
And just like that, she grabbed her bag and strode out of the room, not sparing another glance back.
Alice stood behind, dumbfounded. Before she could even react, Arwen was already out of her cabin.
"Queen Sister, you are leaving already?" Aled called, clearly startled by the expression on her face.
Sam joined in, looking surprised. "Didn’t you say you had time today?"
"You favour Alice over us, Queen Sister. And we don’t complain," Harris huffed. "But you ignoring us completely is unfair." He whined, but Arwen walked past them without a word, as if she hadn’t heard a thing.
"Queen Sister —"
Nic came and placed a hand over Harris’s shoulders. "Let her go. She seemed to be in a hurry. She will come back another day."
The others nodded, although Harris remained unconvinced. He turned and walked toward Alice’s cabin.
"Alice, come out," he called, "Come out and tell us —what exactly did you say or do that made Queen Sister leave without even greeting us properly?"
Alice came out, rubbing the corner of her brow in both confusion and hesitation. "Honestly, I have no idea. She barely said anything. When I asked, she simply said she had to find someone."
"Find someone?" Aled asked, furrowing his brows.
"Wenna, did you know my Uncle before? I mean, by any chance, could it be possible that you have been the white moonlight my uncle has always cherished?"
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