"Aella, are you okay?"
Aella looked up when she saw Lumen standing in front of her in the hallway. The witch was dressed in a simple cream frock with her orange hair left to cascade down her shoulders.
"S-Sure, I am." Aella nodded, wiping off the tears from her eyes. She stepped forward, trying her best to act like everything was okay but judging from the look on Lumen's face, she was failing badly.
"Is he awake?" Lumen asked and Aella nodded her head. "You do know it would take some time before he heals from...everything that happened. He is not in the right state of mind at the moment." Lumen grabbed Aella's hand and squeezed firmly.
"I-I know." Aella breathed out shakily. "I know but it is just so hard to see him like that...So broken and so vulnerable. I feel it is all my fault." She looked at Lumen with tears glimmering in her blue eyes.
