Elara woke up feeling weak, her eyes still tired as she laid in bed. She managed to wake up sitting up on her bed as she tried to remember what happened yesterday stroking her eyes as she yawned, stretching her hands.
'I got home and was about to reach the door but..' Elara thought to herself as she remembers everything just went black from there.
The only thing she could hear was her name being yelled before Everything went black.
"How did I get here, did uncle carry me here?"
Elara moved the sheets from her body as she realized she was still in yesterday 's clothes. She was still feeling weak as she got up trying to stand. She was about to walk to the door but aunt Phoebe had beat her to it.
Phoebe's expression met Elara's with rage and disappointment at the same time.
"You're awake, finally. That's good" Phoebe said, walking in with a tray of food .
"Now sit" Phoebe ordered as Elara walked back to the bed taking a seat.
Elara knew what she had done so she began speaking before Phoebe could say a word.
"Aunty, I'm really sorry if you're angry at me, it just that I had work –and the carriage came early unnoticed– and I had to follow the carriage and them the king called me---and I just began working that I just....I'm sorry" Elara say as she breathes out the last word.
Phoebe sighed as she looked down with her arms folded before taking a deep breath and looking straight at Elara. Her expression changed from angry and disappointed to a caring but tired look as she thought Elara was feeling intimidated with how she responded.
"I'm sorry, let's start over, YOU FAINTED" Phoebe said yelling the last words coming out of her mouth giving Elara the shock of her life as she almost jumped out of the bed.
"That's not how starting over works" Elara said as she was shocked with her face confused at her aunt's words .
Elara and Phoebe both looked at each other before bursting into laughter as their talk didn't go as planned.
"Why do we always end up laughing, in fact no stop it, you're causing this to happen" Phoebe said as she tried to hold her laughter in but could not.
"But you're the one who yelled out of nowhere" Elara replied as she also tried holding in her own laugh.
When it comes to Elara and Phoebe, they give off more of a friendly mother daughter dynamic when they're around each other, Phoebe views Elara as her own daughter since the day she started living with them but their bond grows stronger like sisters than the mother daughter figure.
"Why is it that when it comes to you, we always end up laughing it out, do you have some kind of magic powers or something" Phoebe said, holding her stomach as her other hand held onto Elara's.
"Like I said, you started it" Elara said, removing a drop of tear from her eyes which was caused by her laughing.
"Here, this is an early breakfast and you'll be having lunch and dinner too," Phoebe said, placing the tray of food by Elara's side.
Elara was confused by her words and had to ask. "What do you mean lunch and dinner, I have to go to the palace today until all my work is done"
"I already told the guard who dropped you to send a message to the palace that you won't be coming today"
'jace must have carried me upstairs. well that answers my question' Elara thought before answering.
"But aunty, I have to work, I've already been hired by the king himself as the Meiven royal physician"
"Well that can wait, the king would understand, he's not a salvage" Phoebe said getting up and walking to the door before speaking once more. "Eat up and meet me downstairs, it's important, again, eat up first" Phoebe said leaving the door way.
Elara faced her tray which had a giant loaf of bread and some stew on its separate plate and hot early morning tea. The smell of the food already made her feel better already. Elara glanced at the food once more before she started eating.
After a while, Amelia walked to the entrance of the room and saw Elara eating. Elara carried her head up noticing her presence in the room.
"Is there any problem as to why you are by the door?" Elara stopped eating as she spoke, putting her full attention on Amelia who was peeping by the door.
"Hey, don't get sassy with me, I'm not the one laying on the bed all day cause I don't eat" Amelia stuck her tongue out as she continued to tease Elara.
"Sometimes I ask myself if you're eighteen or twelve" Elara wasn't ready to joke with Amelia while she ate so she waited to see if she had something to say.
"Your knight in shining armor is in the living room, that's why I'm here" Amelia teased, waiting to see her reaction.
"What??, What do you mean" Elara got off the bed and reached the door but Amelia had run away.
As Elara opened the door to step outside, she found Jace standing there, waiting. He had arrived moments ago and patiently waited while Amelia finished speaking with Elara before she ran off.
Their gazes met, and for a moment, neither knew what to say. Elara was stunned by his sudden presence, while Jace was taken aback by her frail appearance, a clear reminder of her condition after what happened yesterday. Jace noticed she seemed slightly better than yesterday.
The silence was broken as Jace spoke.
"I'm sorry if I interrupted you this morning, but I brought a letter from the king."
Jace handed her the letter, but as Elara took it, she noticed something strange.
"These are two letters," she said, her brow furrowing.
Jace nodded. "The second is a personal letter from the queen. She asked me to give it to you, the letter"
"Any further questions will be answered once you read the letter" Elara nodded understanding the message and Jace departed from the entrance of her room. Jace paused halfway before turning back to look in Elara's direction. "Oh, and get well soon, Miss Elara", he said with a faint smile before finally departing.
Elara was flustered at his words as they've never had quite a proper conversation, yet alone him wishing her to get well soon.
'He can smile?'
Elara brushed it off as she looked at the two letters
'A letter from both the king and queen?'
Elara looked at the letter once more before ripping it open.