Just as Martha stepped out of Seren's bedchamber, the calmness on her face was replaced with worry. She was lost in thought as she entered her own room, and even as she sat on a wooden chair next to the window, the worry on her face never eased.
Martha's room was next to Seren's room. When Seren was young, Martha used to stay with the little princess the morning she woke up until she fell asleep. As the little princess was isolated in her tower all her life, abandoned by the entire world for reasons she didn't understand, she was scared of everything around her, especially people. Martha was the only exception; as her nanny, she had been around Seren since she was a baby.
As such, although most royal servants have their separate quarters from where they could be summoned by the chambermaids if needed, as Seren's only servant, Martha's living arrangement was different. She stayed in the guestroom directly beside Seren's bedchamber.
