***ALEX'S POV***
Jake and I went down to the kitchen where we usually saw Alina working. It was still only midday so I didn't think that she would be awake. I was wrong though. She was there, staring at the table that she usually ate at.
"Alina?" I called out to her. I could tell that she had been crying.
"PRINCESS?!" She looked up in shock and stared at me. "I..I thought that you were not going to wake again. And how are you awake now? The curse?"
"As it turns out I did manage to break the curse." I smiled at her. "It must have happened when I broke the witch's wand." I couldn't tell her that a magical little boy appeared in my room and told me that was it, so I had to be vague here.
"I am so happy that you are awake, Princess. And I know that the king will be happy as well."
"It is a relief." I smiled at her as I walked closer to her, leaving Jake where he was. "I have missed the daylight more than you could possibly know."
