Chapter 135

“Um, sure.” She wasn't certain what was so first-rate about this place, why he was awaiting it so excitedly…. Until he pushed a thick branch from a low tree back, and ushered her via and she stepped out from the wooded area to locate thick stones—cobbles, or bricks? She wasn't sure. The grass grew up between them in such uneven lines, she didn't know if it was cobbles that have been simply overgrown, or if it was natural stone positioned to pave the road.

But as quickly as she raised her eyes, all those questions fell out of her head.

Her mouth dropped open.

“Oh, Gabriel,” she breathed.. “It's beautiful.”

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The wooded area stopped abruptly at once at the back of her. Gabriel kept walking, however Amelia stopped for a second to take it in.

The City was… beautiful.

Looming stone buildings, in general single-story, however a ways taller than any single-story in the human world. Many were open to the air, pillars and