[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: TEAM~ LORDE]
When Larel heard of the hot tea incident, as the palace servants termed it, she had the best night's sleep for the first time since she arrived at the palace.
She had gone to visit Almaria, but the queen rejected every visit except the one from the royal physician.
Larel did not bother to force her way in; she decided to be a filial daughter-in-law, so she let her mother-in-law have her space.
Inside her own chamber, she killed her boredom with embroidery. She hummed a song as she continued stitching a beautifully patterned forest.
"Greetings, My Queen. I did not know you could do needlework. Is there nothing you can't do?" Axilla stood at the door, smiling girlishly.
"Look who we have here, Axilla. I have been waiting for your visit. Come, sit," Larel smiled, dropping the needle and pushing the embroidery hoop to the side.