Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 335

Chapter 335 Winter Games

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Cassian glanced at Elowen, indulgence in his voice. “It’s fine. Let her play as long as she wants. She knows her limits. And you’re all here watching her. The guards are posted. Nothing will happen.”

With that, he turned and headed at an easy pace toward the kitchen.

While Elowen played in the snow, he started planning. He would make a bowl of oatmeal to warm her through, timed to be ready when she came back inside.

After a few steps, he remembered something, stopped, and looked back. “Gerda, one more thing.”

“Sure.”

“Fill a bedwarmer and wrap it in a thick blanket for Ella. She’ll want something warm for her hands when she comes in.”

Outside, Elowen ran and leaped through the snow, her nose red from the cold, her spirits untouched.

She crouched down and tried to build a tiny snowman. But the snow was too loose and powdery. No matter how hard she pressed, it wouldn’t hold together.

Mira, fretting nearby, soon crouched beside her. The two of them bent their heads together and worked seriously, scooping and pressing snow that refused to cooperate.

That was what Cassian saw when he came out of the kitchen.

He didn’t step in right away. He leaned against a pillar and quietly watched them.

Elowen tried a few more times, all to no effect. She puffed out her cheeks in frustration, and she looked so adorably childish that Cassian’s heart softened.

He was just about to walk over when he saw her suddenly think of something.

Carefully, she reached out and began drawing lines in the snow.

At first, Cassian couldn’t tell what it was. Then the shape slowly came into focus.

His expression darkened.

It was a horse. Its white coat nearly blended into the snow, but Cassian recognized it right away. It was Ember.

Her beloved Ember.

Mira saw it too, and the smile on her face faded.

Only Elowen still wore a faint smile. She reached out and gently stroked the horse’s head, as tenderly as if it were real.

“Your Grace…” Mira bit her lip.

“I’m hungry,” Elowen said, cutting her off. She lifted her face with a bright smile no one could quite read. “Let’s go have breakfast.”

Mira hesitated, then nodded quietly.

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Chapter 335 Winter Games

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The moment Elowen stood, she saw Cassian.

Her smile widened at once. Gathering up her skirts, she ran through the snow toward him.

Cassian stepped forward to meet her and caught her easily in his arms.

He lowered his head. Snowflakes clung to her thick lashes, not yet melted. Her nose and cheeks were red with cold.

Carefully, he brushed the snow from her hair and shoulders, his voice soft. “Have enough fun?”

Elowen nodded. “The snow’s too fresh. It won’t pack, so you can’t make a snowman. But snowball fights are fun.”

Cassian handed her the bedwarmer. “Gerda prepared this for you. Warm your hands.”

“Thank you. Thank you too, Gerda!”

Elowen took it obediently. Warmth spread through her fingers and up her arms. She let out a soft sigh. “So warm…”

Only then did she realize how numb her hands and feet had become. She stamped her feet lightly and shivered.

Cassian pulled up the hood of her cloak and tucked the silver fox fur more snugly around her face. “Are you hungry? I made some oatmeal.”

Elowen nodded eagerly.

Inside, the house was so warm it was easy to forget it was winter at all.

Cassian ladled out a bowl of steaming oatmeal and set it in front of Elowen.

Elowen wrapped both hands around the bowl and ate in small spoonfuls. Heat spread through her body and chased away the last of the chill.

After a few bites, she looked up, eyes bright with mischief. “Cassian, once the snow gets thicker later, will you make a snowman with me?”

He nodded. “Of course.”

Satisfied, she lowered her head and kept eating.

After a quiet moment, Cassian said softly, “When spring comes… what would you think about getting a new pony?”

Her spoon stopped halfway to her mouth.

Ever since Ember died, neither of them had spoken about it. In their spare moments, they grumbled about Alaric instead, talking about how to make him pay-and, when they let themselves imagine it, maybe even strip him of the crown prince’s title. But this was the first time either of them had spoken of Ember aloud.

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