The stool facing the piano still held warmth as Katherine had null doubt demonstrated her prowess with the instrument only minutes prior.
With somewhat shaky hands, Arabella brushed over the keyboard at her disposal, shut her eyes and breathed in so deeply that memories from her childhood bubbled up to the surface, drowning the smothering silence that surrounded her.
The Lady had requested Arabella's favorite piece and that could have only meant one thing. Persephone wanted to hear "My bright star" which, Arabella would not, in a million years, have wished for a better piece to perform.
