Heidi sat on a leather-bound sofa, wrapped around Bruno, her hand held within his own as her head rested on his shoulder.
The two of them sat before a fireplace in a secluded corner of the palace. Silence existed between the two of them for a very long time.
Neither of them knew what to say, and yet they also knew that they didn't need to say a word at all.
Because at the end of the day, they had been together their entire lives, and after so many years together communication between them had a way of existing in certainty even without the use of words.
In the end, Bruno finally sighed as he swirled the wine in his glass before tasting it.
