Still, he found himself paying attention to her.
One day, he had followed Rosalind to the king's gallery, listening to her voice while observing her expressions. Then she stopped in front of a portrait and lingered there longer than expected.
Something about it caught her attention deeply.
Rowan eventually looked toward the portrait as well and the moment he did, a strange feeling struck him again.
It felt familiar.
His eyes remained on the portrait while something stirred inside his chest and suddenly his head began aching sharply. He immediately looked away from it and forced himself not to think further about whatever strange feeling had just come over him.
Meanwhile, Alaric had noticed Rowan's reaction to the portrait immediately.
But there was nothing in Rowan's expression that suggested he remembered who he once was because years of laudanum had destroyed too much of him already.
