Chapter 13
A visit in the night
Dexter's POV
"Your Majesty?" A guard woke us up.
"Yes?" I yawned, groping for my glasses.
"King Daring is at the gate. He wants to be let in." She told me. Everyone made a fuss about letting girl be part of the Evil Queen's personal guards, but she was the best in the class.
"Then let him in." Raven snapped at her.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard left. We got on our louging clothes and went to see what Daring needed.
He was in the kitchen, eating leftovers from dinner. His clothes were rumpled like he had run in them. My older brother looked very tired and... old. He noticed us and waved.
"Hi, sorry about this. I didn't know where else to go." His smile was weak, guilty.
"It's ok. What happened?" Raven got out some cups and found the coffee pot was already on.
"I think- I think my, uh. Those bad feelings came back." He didn't know what he had?
"Depression? Sleeping all day and not wanting to do stuff for a long time." Raven asked him.
"Yeah, that. Apple wants to put me back on the medicine for it, but I don't like it. It makes me numb and I can't feel any emotions. She won't let me try to find an alternative. She's going to drug me. I can't go back." He had his head in hands.
"And you want to stay here and find something that works for you?" I didn't know what to think of this. Daring clearly was worried about his health and well being and his wife wasn't listening to his concerns, going for the easy route.
"Can I stay? And find a new medicine?" He hadn't thought about the medicine. He just needed to get away.
"Yeah. You can stay. Just eat. Then we'll get you a room." I sat down next to him. We didn't talk very much. Daring had some coffee and we had water. I guess he didn't get to eat before he left because all the leftovers were gone by the time he went to bed. We went back to our room and tried to sleep.
Dexter's POV End