Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 348

Chapter 348 Old Friends And New Hearts

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At the end of the covered walkway sat Cassian in his wheelchair, posture straight, wrapped in a dark velvet robe and a black fox-fur cloak. The fur around his face softened his sharp features and gave him an almost boyish look.

He sat there quietly, hands folded in his lap. Not the fearsome Duke of Duskmoor, but something closer to a patient child waiting for family to come home.

When he saw Elowen, the chill vanished from his eyes. He smiled, small and genuine, his voice low and warm. “Ella, you’re back.”

She hurried toward him, her boots squeaking over the packed snow. When she stopped in front of him, she brushed a small snowflake from his shoulder. “Why are you sitting out here in the cold?”

Cassian gave her an innocent look. “Mrs. Wrenner and her daughter are inside.”

Elowen blinked, then grinned. “So you’re hiding?”

Cassian didn’t deny it. “Without you here, I wouldn’t dare stay alone with them.”

The Honesty of it was so unexpected-and so endearing-that Elowen’s heart softened at once. She slipped her hand warmer into his hands. “Here. It’s still warm.”

Cassian accepted it easily.

Elowen moved behind the chair, set her hands on the handles, and began pushing him forward.

She went deliberately slowly, pretending to struggle. Then she bent down and whispered, “Are you getting heavier? If you keep pretending, I really won’t be able to push you much longer.”

Cassian shook with laughter and glanced back over his shoulder. “Don’t worry. I probably won’t keep it up much longer.”

Then he changed the subject. “What did Elira want at the palace?”

As she guided him down the cleared path, Elowen began to answer. “Her Majesty says she’s ill. Her Grace Elira’s new to running the Queen’s courts, and with the Christmas’s banquet coming, she’s afraid she’ll make mistakes. So she asked me for advice.”

Cassian nodded. “At least she was smart enough to ask.”

“She even gave me a beautiful writing set.” Elowen’s voice brightened.

Cassian’s eyes narrowed slightly in recognition. “Your sister-in-law’s?”

Elowen lit up. “Exactly. How did you know?”

Cassian tried to keep his expression calm, but his smile gave him away. “Just a guess.”

Elowen’s eyes shone. “We really do think alike, don’t we?”

That pleased Cassian so much he couldn’t stop himself from smiling again.

In a softer voice, Elowen added, “It’s a twin-swans inkstand, finely made with two swans carved along the base. They’re meant to symbolize lifelong devotion. A rather fitting gift for us.”

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Chapter 348 Old Friends And New Hearts.

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Cassian looked absurdly happy. He could hardly have smiled wider.

“Your Grace,” a gentle woman’s voice called from ahead.

Elowen turned.

Rowena had come out to greet them. She was graceful and composed, dressed in lavender with gray squirrel fur at the collar. She looked thinner than Elowen remembered, but there was still an easy dignity about her.

Behind her came Warren, trailing after his wife with a shy grin, broad and awkward and somehow almost comical beside her.

Without even looking back, Rowena tapped lightly at his ankle with the tip of her shoe.

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