Dragon Rose
“When I awoke, however, I felt curiously unrefreshed, as if I had not really slept at all. The pot of bracing tea Melynne brought up for me in the morning helped a little, although my mood was not improved by the view I caught of the lowering day outside my windows. I’d had some notion that perhaps a walk in the garden might help to clear my head, but the storm clouds I saw told a different story. I was barely into my second cup of tea before the rain had begun to stream down the glass.
Melynne... seemed quieter than normal that morning; perhaps she had caught something of my ill humor. At any rate, she laid out my clothes in silence, and was equally quiet as she gathered up my breakfast dishes and prepared to leave.
“Do you like it here?” I asked abruptly, and she paused on the threshold, brown eyes wide. She seemed alert and wary, rather like a young doe perched to flee.
“Like it, milady?”
“Does it suit you, being in service here? Or would you rather have stayed in Greyton?”MoreLess
Melynne... seemed quieter than normal that morning; perhaps she had caught something of my ill humor. At any rate, she laid out my clothes in silence, and was equally quiet as she gathered up my breakfast dishes and prepared to leave.
“Do you like it here?” I asked abruptly, and she paused on the threshold, brown eyes wide. She seemed alert and wary, rather like a young doe perched to flee.
“Like it, milady?”
“Does it suit you, being in service here? Or would you rather have stayed in Greyton?”MoreLess
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