Bab 159: Clearing the Tension

Ebari looked across the hall and, in his opinion, it had never looked better before. 

Now that the walls were their old color and softer colors took over the harshness and bleakness of whiteness, he started understanding why Varya was so determined to bring this back to its original state. It was beautiful.

In other parts of the palace where you could see outside, the natural beauty of the planet they were on perfectly matched the castle now. Things were beautifully in harmony. 

The former general glanced around the table and seemed to only just realize that he and Galen were alone. All the other guests had coupled off and were on the dancefloor enjoying themselves or taking a walk in the garden to cool off. 

It was the first time he had been alone with the Basilian since the awkwardness had started between them. He wasn't going to press him about what had happened but he was curious if he could learn more through conversation.