Outside, the rain poured down in sheets. Mia Grant collapsed in the downpour, her helpless eyes looking up at the figure standing before her.
It was this single glance that Kian Keller relived in countless dreams, endlessly grateful that he had ultimately reached out to her.
Another spring arrived, and the carefully tended crabapple tree in the courtyard was finally about to bloom.
Kian Keller stood in the courtyard for a long time before taking a photo of the flower buds for Mia Grant, who was far away in Englaria.
He didn't say anything, just sent the picture.
But he knew she would understand what he meant.
There was a time difference between them, so several hours had passed by the time Mia Grant saw it.
A single glance at the photo was all it took for her to understand Kian Keller's intention.
When they had parted, they had made a promise: she would return when the flowers bloomed.
