Chapter 124

**GWEN**

"Ewk!" I sneezed, rolling to my back in the bed with a the palm of my right hand locating my forehead. It pounded bitterly. I winced, further wincing when I became conscious of the bright light flooding in from the open window.

Who opened the window by this time of the morning?

"Good morning, your highness," I heard Kora's voice from somewhere close to the closet, rummaging inside. I shifted to my right side until I faced her, my eyes squinted from pain.

"Kora? Why did you come so early?"

"It's past 11 in the morning, your highness, you overslept." My heart jumped. Overslept? How? I rapidly skimmed my eyes around the room and ended at the wall clock, my eyelids expanding broadly. "Shit!" I jolted up with speed.

"I was worried when you didn't wake up and had to open the windows. I'm sorry."

"You should have woke me up earlier.”

"I didn't want to bother you. You must have had a lot from yesterday." I stood up on my bare feet, my memory cascading back to events of yesterday.