ELORA ~•~ The sun always looked very bright and pretty at mid-day. I always envied how free it was, up there in the sky, with little or no worries. I sat down on my reading desk, and stared out of the glass window. The book I had buried my eyes in after I returned from breakfast with my siblings, was closed on the table in front of me. While I continued to day dream of a life where I would be as free as the sun, a life where I would not be branded a traitor's daughter, a life where I meant more to the king than a slave breeder, my door flung open with full force. Alarmed, I turned sharply in the direction of the twin doors, blaming myself for not locking it after entering. However, my panic died down once I caught sight of Lucy. She jumped and hopped, as gracefully and blissfu

