Lesley
The emperor arrived just as my previous conversation partner disappeared, and the book returned to its former state. I still had many things I wanted to know, but he was right – I was feeling somewhat weak because, in exchange for those questions, I was using up my power.
"You sent for me?" I asked him.
"How are you?" he inquired. I swallowed and nervously touched my hand. "Are you recovering after what you did last night?" he asked me again.
"I'm starting to recover, but not quite like before," I told him. He immediately took a seat and gestured for me to do the same. I didn't know what to do in that moment because the situation was so awkward.
His daughters weren't particularly close to him. In the ten years I've been away from the palace, he rarely visited us at the academy.
