As this was going on , Lily for the first time saw William after she had left him in the mountains.
She had been following the emperor's gaze , wondering what had impressed him so much that he had stopped sleeping around and was even smiling. He was still as she remembered him back in the snowy peaks of Mount Nirvana , dressed impeccably in a well ironed white shirt and a black pair of trousers to match which was totally at odds with the crowd around him that chose to dress up in elegant purple royal robes and attires.
The difference was that now he was actually moving around and conversing with the people around him. Though she'd never admit it to anyone, she wanted to hear his voice and learn how he sounded. But then came the overwhelming feeling of guilt when she remembered her conversation with the emperor about him. She wondered how he was dealing with the piling pressure now that Linus had a legal claim to demand him from New Rickon.
