After breakfast, when the Duke left for the Council, Irene and Reyna took a stroll in the garden. She was admiring the view in front of her, pushing away all her thoughts and worries for the time being. She wanted to enjoy the fresh air and warm sunlight and relieve herself of her stress.
Since the time she had woken up in this unknown land, Irene had been trying to seek answers to her questions. Everything seemed like a dream to her, a bizarre dream that would end any time soon, and the reality would smack her hard in the face.
But she knew that this would never happen. It was not a dream, it was reality. She was here, in another world, in someone else's body and taking over her identity. Even though she was unwilling to, Irene had now become Sylvaine and she could do nothing about it before she found a way to return home.