Elizabeth woke up much later than normal, she didn't have a headache as she usually did when waking after using strong magic. This was in part due to the fact that she was very careful about where her magic came from and a major part of what Mary had done to her. She could remember everything that had happened the night before, she had never felt so relaxed in all of her life.
The wonderful feeling like sinking your feet into plush carpet, but that feeling all over her body. The taste of blood as Mary had painted it on her lips, she thought about what Mary had shown her and she wanted desperately to fall back into that feeling. The deep sleep like a drugged oblivion.
Charles wasn't in bed nor was he in the room, being alone was becoming more and more common for her lately. She hadn'
