Published at 2nd of May 2019 10:17:50 AM Chapter 40
Fayre was happily working on more things for her little one when Zylvia entered the room . Zylvia walked in and sat down, picking up her own work . She couldn't keep her smile off her face if she tried .
"Morning, Zylv," Fayre sounded as chipper as usual . "Sleep well? You went to bed fairly early last night . "
"Morning, my queen," Zylvia answered glibly, grinning a little cheekily . "And I slept wonderfully . How did her highness sleep?"
"Stop teasing me, Zylv," Fayre shook her head with a laugh . "I slept well . "
Zylvia usually did not let her thoughts wander as she worked, but today she couldn't help but daydream .
AdvertisementHer mind was on Kaldrek . His smile, laugh, his gentleness, the way it felt to kiss him . She was reminiscing last night, playing over everything that had happened .
"Zylvia?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay? I've been talking to you for a while, but you aren't responding . " Fayre was looking at her worried .
"I . . . was just spacing out . . . " Zylvia felt her cheeks redden in embarrassment .
Fayre shook her head, "I see . Well, I was trying to ask you if you and Kaldrek are growing any closer?"
Zylvia wasn't sure what to answer . She wasn't exactly sure of how close they were . While they had certainly grown a lot more intimate they hadn't really talked about it .
Hazel's entrance into the room saved her from having to come up with an immediate answer . The princess had circles under her eyes and her smile seemed a little forced .
"Hazel? Are you alright?" Zylvia felt a little alarmed . The princess was a bit young to be having sleepless nights .
"I . . . no, not really . How could I be?" She sounded close to tears .
"What's wrong?" Fayre stood up and guided the distraught girl to a chair .
"Asrar . . . is really pushing me away . We sort of got into a disagreement that is leaving me feeling rather confused . "
"All friends argue at times . " Fayre tried to comfort the girl, but it didn't really work this time .
"What was your disagreement about? Maybe something is bothering him?" Zylvia looked at the girl, feeling sorry for her . The best she could do is give her some practical advice as she didn't really know the circumstances .
Hazel bit her lower lip, "I . . . am sure it will blow over soon enough . I'm probably just overthinking . " Her eyes had grown really troubled though .
Zylvia stared at the young woman feeling empathy for her emotional pain, "You should probably talk to him if you want to grow closer again . Leaving it is a bad idea . "
"Probably I'll talk to him later I guess . " The smile on the princess' face was obviously forced .
Zylvia sighed . She really felt sorry for the princess . Hazel quite obviously had a crush on the guy, but even their friendship was under a lot of strain . She figured that Hazel would eventually break her own heart .
They spent most of the morning trying to cheer up the princess . Yet no matter what they did, there was a shadow hanging over her head .
After they ate lunch, Hazel excused herself and headed for the library . It was obvious that she was going to try to talk things out with her knight . Fayre and Zylvia though both headed back to work some more .
Zylvia sighed, "Poor Hazel . I feel like she is going to end up breaking her heart . "
"Yeah, but who knows maybe her friendship will survive?"
There was a slight possibility . If Hazel could get over the prejudices that Amriel had towards magic, her friendship would probably make it . But . . . she was still likely to break her heart .