The living room in the villa felt as warm as it did in spring. The servants were busy serving dinner. There was a three-layered birthday cake in the center of the dining table.

It was Gianna’s thirty-fourth birthday today.

She arranged for herself to be discharged from the hospital just so Noah could celebrate it with her.

The snow continued to fall outside.

It had been a couple of weeks, but the snow showed no sign of stopping. The whole of Birkenfeld was blanketed with layers of thin s