Four:
After drying off and collecting myself, I felt a million times better. The phantom injuries seemed to have dulled noticeably. My pain was still present, but not nearly as much as before. It was going to take more time for the after-effects of this terrible fray to wear off.
Dad was staying in the suites at the very Apex of the monastery. I suspect someone informed the sanguinar that I would not much care for the fanfare. They gave me rooms in a more secluded portion of the monastery and did not try to have me stay at the very top. There was once a time when I would accept such treatment. However, I enjoyed not being treated with all the fuss of a royal. I might be the only royal I knew who didn’t desire her birthright—aside from my mum.
Sanguinar cleared the way, many bowing as
