Daniel stared at the same spot for a few seconds after the door closed.
The room had fallen into silence again.
A quiet, pleasant silence, mixed with the distant sound of church bells and the faint whisper of the wind behind the room's tall windows.
He slowly sat on the edge of the bed. The soft mattress sank under his weight, and everything was calm for a few minutes.
And that made his thoughts drift in a direction he usually avoided.
Evangelin.
Daniel leaned his head back and stared at the ceiling.
When he had first met her outside the tower, Evangelin had been almost like a machine. Always calm, always logical, always without the slightest extra reaction, cold and emotionless.
It was very rare for her to even give a faint smile, let alone a genuine one. Of course, he had seen a much kinder and more lively version of this girl inside the tower.
