r temples in anger. The room was brightened by the large windows and h

er typical creative spark was suppressed by the weight of Lucas's comments a

efocus. She picked up her bag and coat and decided to go

cas's own, it was hers and had al

he told herself she had to retrie

he door welcomed her. She was anchored in the comfort of her pl

ept through the dusty windows. Sophia sighed with reli

the abandoned sketches and incomplete pa

half, in the middle of her desk. Curiously, she w

ing anything of that nature there. Her ha

ath caught. A stormy sky towering over an open field,

er quite understood why, whether she had seen the place as a child withou

rate representation of the scenery, captur

Raven." appeared at the

This sketch appeared to have been taken out of her bra

t her immediate assumption was that

enigmatic painting. She looked around the room again, half expecting to se

Her own rapid, irregular br

back to Lucas's estate felt longer than usual. She kept thinki

was that? And how did th

h shade of gray and blue. With the sketch firmly grasped in her pal

entered, the only sound coming from the fire was its crackling, and the room was filled with its

up the sketch. "This was left in my

es shifted to the paper. But it vanished as swi

d tone, he said,

as looked closely at the drawing, his eyes n

an she felt as she quer

He answered, "I'm not familiar with the name," but she ha

e been dreaming about it for a long time. How on earth

bits of memory," he stated. "Perhaps you have subconsciously seen this image before and forg

been living a normal ordinary life be

the icy and confused look on Sophia's face. He added, "

man doing calling her name with that deep, rich voice? Did he know what tin

focus on why she came to have this discussion because of a si

't mean it that way. It just seems significant that i

e. For now, I advise you to concentrate on your work in the interi

mething in his eyes. Holding the sketch firmly in

in her studio at the estate, trying to get some work done, but her a

in the back of her thoughts despi

d was forcing her to prove herself in unexpected

of doubt when she took a step back t

uld it live up to Luc

just getting started. She might be intimidated by Lucas Hawke, but she was determine

ulfilling Lucas's demands. It was

from earlier. The distant figure in the drawing appeared to be

own her spine. Was the figure urging her