Chapter 78

[1750 B.C.]

When the cafe closed, Elaine’s eyes were fixed on me.

"So... will we have a dance?" she asked me bluntly, but it was obvious that her question was another.

'So... do I have to go?'

Smile.

"Yes" I said simply "we will have a ball and as much as everyone is informed as a ball by the return of the king, you will be our main star."

She froze.

His face became pale.

"Oh, I just..."

"I don’t want to" I could read in your mind, in your eyes.

That was definitely a very different reaction to what she had had in the book.

Elaine from the book became cheerful and alive when she learned about the dance that different from now - it was celebrated in the summer. It was a beautiful ball with cheerful decorations and lively music, it was a ball full of life, a ball that matched the graceful air and the vivacity of the saint.

A dance made for her.

Elaine had been so happy with that dance that she smiled even whe