Chapter 70. Divine Deal

~100 years ago, Western Andreia~

Eleanor walked toward the front door late at night. Her steps were silent, and her pace was steady as she walked past the furniture in the large living room. She carried an expressionless face, and her eyes seemed almost lifeless. She stopped in front of the door, reached for the handle, and slowly turned it clockwise, hoping the clicking sound wasn’t loud enough to wake Steven and his father.

The moment she opened the door, a glowing figure appeared on a hill a short distance from the house. This being was covered in white light that danced around her like a transparent silk dress in the wind and wore a white cape that danced around beautifully under the moonlight even when there was hardly any wind blowing by.

Eleanor walked out of the house and down a few wooden steps onto the ground. She felt the short grasses between her toes and a soft whisk of wind blow over her face as she stared at the glowing being on the hill. After stari