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Chapter 16 - Knights in Training
"Is she awake yet?"
"Shhh, Lyle can't you see her eyes are closed?"
"But she's been sleeping forever!" A voice whined.
I cracked open an eyelid and noticed with relief that John was no longer in here. The last thing I needed was to try and explain that.
I made an exaggeratedly loud yawn and the two girls at the foot of by bed made noises of excitement.
"She's alive!"
"Or course she was alive Lyle! She was breathing!"
I cleared my throat and they went immediately silent. I struggled to get into a sitting position when I felt a pair of arms around each of my elbows supporting me up. I smiled gratefully. Guess even over three days of sleep wasn't enough to fully recover.
"Thank you..." Oh, I didn't even know their names.
The older of the two girls curtseyed gracefully "Ranya, my lady."
"Oh, there'll be none of that 'lady' business now," I said with a smile.
"See I told you she wouldn't like it." The little girl stuck her tongue out at Ranya, who gave her an admonishing look.
She then went into a wobbly curtsey of her own. "I'm Lyle" She said cheerfully.
"Well, it's nice to meet you both, but to what do I owe this pleasure?"
Ranya blushed and handed me a folded piece of parchment.
"Prince Johnathan asked us to give this to you, we didn't read it." She hastily added.
I hid a smile and took the note.
'Celia,
Sorry I wasn't around to see you this morning,
I left early to help with the new settlement.
Take it easy today wont you?
And try not to endanger yourself while I'm gone.
I should be back by noon.
John'
How sweet, he actually left me a note to say he would be gone. I smiled at read it over once more. Of course he had to add the 'don't endanger yourself part'. It's not like I went out of the way to get hurt.
Usually.
Well, maybe. But it's always for a good cause.
I grinned to myself once more before remembering I had company.
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