Chapter 16

“That’s true. I wondered if you wrote this intending to push the soprano to her absolute limit. It was so hard to sing it beautifully in full voice.” But I love your music all the same. Ezio was now so close that their foreheads almost touched. “I have no need for a singer who cannot even handle that.” A whisper followed the cold, ruthless words fit for a genius. “…I wonder how you will sing it.” At last, he cupped Hwani’s chin firmly. He lifted her face toward his and pressed his lips to hers.