Aria's pov

　　The sun was setting, painting the sky in shades of orange and purple. Eadric and I were on the balcony, enjoying the cool evening breeze. I finally convinced him to come up with me to get some fresh air.

　　We had spent an hour discussing policies and strategies, something that I never thought I would find so engaging.

　　"Do you really think those changes would work?" I asked, swirling the wine in my glass as I leaned against the balcony ...