Kel woke up in her bed after a day, her vision bleary from sleep.
"Finally awoke Sleepyhead?" asked a gruff voice.
Kel's vision cleared up to see her former knight-master peering down at her face. His black eyes glimmered with humor and care as he teased his former squire.
"Raoul."
"I've been worried about you Kel. I heard from your friends that you haven't been eating and sleeping properly. Meatball head is bashing his head on the wall with worry. What's eating you?"
"I." she began and then looked away.
"I saw you tossing and turning. It's those nightmare huh? Those nightmares about Blayce."
Tears started to stream from her face again and her body began to shudder. "I. I can't escape him. Every time I close my eyes, he's there, waiting for me. And I. I get so. scared."
Raoul put a comforting arm on her shoulder. The iron-willed girl who stood so strong when her and her friends were chased by bandits, who stood firm for the fort she was assigned now sat before him, trembling in fear. He then drew her close and held her as she cried.
"Finally awoke Sleepyhead?" asked a gruff voice.
Kel's vision cleared up to see her former knight-master peering down at her face. His black eyes glimmered with humor and care as he teased his former squire.
"Raoul."
"I've been worried about you Kel. I heard from your friends that you haven't been eating and sleeping properly. Meatball head is bashing his head on the wall with worry. What's eating you?"
"I." she began and then looked away.
"I saw you tossing and turning. It's those nightmare huh? Those nightmares about Blayce."
Tears started to stream from her face again and her body began to shudder. "I. I can't escape him. Every time I close my eyes, he's there, waiting for me. And I. I get so. scared."
Raoul put a comforting arm on her shoulder. The iron-willed girl who stood so strong when her and her friends were chased by bandits, who stood firm for the fort she was assigned now sat before him, trembling in fear. He then drew her close and held her as she cried.