A knock on the door woke Lucas from their nap. He looked over to the window and noticed the bright sunlight had turned to night. The door opened and Leyla came in and bowed in his direction.
He rubbed his eyes and slowly disentangled himself from Eva. Red stretched with his back arching before hopping off the bed. Leyla opened the window for the cat and he hopped through the window into the darkness.
"Is everything ready?"
"Yes, Fiora has everything prepared in the Duchess' room."
Leyla closed the door to the hallway and moved to open the doors through the bathroom and opened the adjourning room that was the Duchess' room.
Lucas put on his boots and turned to the still sleeping Eva. This would be the roughest part of the process. A set of potions waited on the nightstand.
Lucas crossed the room to Eva's side of the bed and caressed her face.
"Eva, you need to wake up now." His voice remained gentle as Eva groaned beside him.
