Lina woke up alone. Though, she'd hardly call it solace. When she opened her eyes and decided to rise out of bed, making the slightest creak on the floor, there came a curt knocking on the doorway.
Lina was startled when she let the people in and a group of handmaidens were at her beck and call.
Lina had this treatment in Teran, but the entourage in Ritan was even bigger. In the front, she saw the three maidservants that came with her to Ritan. She was told that they were orphaned, had no family, nor any specific ties to Teran, therefore, the only people who accompanied her.
"Good morning," Lina slowly said.
Lina hugged the blankets tight to her chest.
"Good morning, Princess!" Ritan's handmaidens declared in unison, their voices enough to shake the walls. They lowered their bodies first, and then, their foreheads met the ground.
