~The Sugar Cakes~

ODETTE

I learned from Amber that I had slept an extra day after collapsing in the Regal Hall. As I recalled everything that had gone down before I woke up, I anxiously checked my neck, expecting to find a gruesome scar, only to see that there was nothing.

Nothing as much as a scratch or cut. It was as though nothing had ever happened.

Amber concluded that I had been healed, and by Liev himself as well, because only he could heal wounds with charms so perfectly. She spent that hour cleaning me up, but in reality, it was just meaningless chitter-chatter.

And I enjoyed that meaningless chitter-chatter so much.

Through our little conversation, I perceived that Amber was genuinely a good person. Only someone like her could make me forget the shitty situation I was in for so long. She reminded me of Echo, and I don’t know what I would have done without her.

The next two hours were spent dressing and making me up. Not like it mattered since they’d all be coming off anyway.

I seriously didn’t