It was almost noon when Aria's eyes fluttered open slowly. Her gaze flickered around and she found sunlight streaming into the room from the parted curtains. It took a moment before the recsllections of what happened earlier came to her, it took a moment before she begun thinking straight once more.
She felt a warm hand squeeze hers gently and she inclined her head to face Alder who had been holding her hand all along.
She didn't like the tired look in his eyes.
"Master". She said quietly.
"You're awake, good". He said as he raised her hand to his lips and kissed the back of it. "How are you feeling?".
Her chest still felt slightly heavy and painful, and she felt weak, but that was it. She didn't feel like she was going to die anytime soon.
"I feel alright". She told him.
She pull
