Chapter Seven

I had followed them from the eating room. But then they went outside. I stopped at the doorway. Could I go out there? I really didn’t know how to not fall up. How did they do it? If I was just going to fall anyway, what was the point of going out there?

I looked up at the sky and shook my head. No, I couldn’t follow them that way. I stayed at the edge of the castle making my way towards them. It slowed me down a lot. But I could see that she was ok.

Daylight was setting but it was still warm outside. In the winter, it would already be dark. But these summer days were long. The sun having started to go down was a relief to my eyes. It was always so bright.

They chose a bench in an alcove of one of the garden pathways to sit. I was excited that it was so close to the castle and that I could watch the