I woke up actually feeling rested for once. Spent a minute just lying there, not in any rush to move.Lira showed up with breakfast. “Morning,” she said, grinning. “You look better today.”“I actually feel better,” I told her.She set the tray down. “No training again. King’s orders.”“I know.”After eating, I got dressed, but then just sort of stood around, not sure what to do. No training left me with way too much time and nothing to fill it with.So, I wandered over to the library. It was quiet—almost empty. I wandered between the shelves, reading book titles, but honestly not taking any of it in. Eventually, I grabbed a book about plants, took it to a chair, and flipped it open.Inside, there were drawings of herbs and flowers. I turned the pages slow, not thinking about Leah’s letter or my family or anything hard. Just the pictures, and that was enough.After a while, I heard footsteps. Lucian appeared around the corner.“There you are,” he said.I shut the book. “Yep, here I am.
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