Love's incandescence
Blushing mortifyingly, she told the maid she shouldn't have gone through such stress.
The maid only blushed prettily and waved her worries away.
And proceeded to tell her enthusiastically about how they, the palace servants, were extremely happy about the royal witch competitions, and the palace being full, and about having a lot of bets to place, and about the coming princess choosing, and so much more.
By the time they had finished chattering, or rather Marah--as she had discovered the maids name to be, it was night already.
Marah excused herself and went to run a bath for her, when she came back, Dea protested to being helped strip down, insisting she could do it on her own. Marah nodded
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