Chapter 10
MarketdayElainya
“I can not believe I slept this long! You should have woken me.” I dressed quickly in my green walking skirt and bodice. I’d been up most of the night watching Viron, dosing him with medicines, and keeping my senses tuned constantly to the beating of his heart. I had gone to sleep only a few hours earlier, leaving Miatra to watch over my patient once he seemed stable.
“Let me help!” Miatra protested. “You were so tired, I thought you’d want to rest.”
“I didn’t want to sleep all morning,” I grumbled.
“Lord Nian seemed encouraged that you were sleeping.”
“Nian was here?”
“He still is. He took a chair into the hall and said that he was going to take you to the market when you awoke.”
“He’s been sitting out there for how long?”
“Since early morning, but it
