Chapter 47

 

This takes place after Xiao and Henriette’s first meeting in chapter Thirty-seven.

The smoke is lazily curling in a spiral around his long, gentle fingers. Then it’s wrapping them in its blue cloud only to dissolve into the air a few seconds later when he exhales and his breath destroys the dancing shapes.

It vanishes.

The way he always does, always coming and going.

He looks troubled and fails to conceal it this time. I can’t tell why....