Tolanda felt tired and the alcohol was not numbing or making her drunk, she only grew more depressed so she decided to take herself back to her chamber insisting to Ievos and everyone to remain and enjoy. Ievos promised he would check in with her when he returned, and she accepted this. Tolanda climbed into and her exhaustion took over her. She fell into a deep sleep and she dreamed. In her dream she was pregnant blissfully rubbing her round tummy smiling as she did so. Warm, gentle hands found her shoulders and began to rub them affectionately to ease any discomfort she might be feeling. She smiled and rested her cheek against one of these hands. Soon her dream changed, and she held a small child in her arms, she stroked the child’s dark hair and gazed into its beautiful green eyes; eyes
