Ch. 195 : Intentions

Ch. 195 : Intentions

As we walked through the Celestial Market, where floating lanterns illuminated the stalls of merchants selling fabrics woven from starlight and fruits that glowed like embers. We visited the Grand Library, where scrolls containing the histories of gods and mortals lined shelves that stretched beyond sight. This sight bored Aphrodite but intrigued me.

But it was the Garden of Echoes that took my breath away.

It was a place I had never visited before— perhaps because I had never thought to. A vast expanse of golden fields stretched before us, where flowers of every color swayed in the breeze, their petals whispering forgotten voices.

Aphrodite knelt among the blossoms, running her fingers through them with a quiet reverence. "This place… it's where the echoes of love linger."

I frowned. "Echoes?"