Chapter 123 - 124
Although the girls had been roused, neither showed signs of actually leaving the bed. If he wasn’t wrong, Lessa had already fallen back asleep. Alistar braced himself for the frustration that he knew would follow and then willed the water from his wash basin to form two portions of undulating liquid which he cooled slightly before allowing them to drop onto the girls’ heads without ceremony.
"Alie! Why would you do that?"
Anice tackled him almost immediately, though the moment he landed on his back he gathered the water from the fabric of his bedding and from within their clothes and then returned it to the wash basin with a shaky splash. It had been quite difficult to manage this, for he’d also had to catch one of Anice’s wrists just in time to prevent her fist from smacking into his chin.
"Can’t you ever hold back?" he complained. "It’s not ladylike to punch people in the face. Especially with all your strength."
She tried to hit him with her other hand, though he caught it in the same manner. Her glare intensified as she sat atop him, and he could tell that she was thinking about how else to hurt him. Eyes flashing in a mischievous manner, she rose up a bit and then slammed her backside downwards with her full strength.
"Is it gentlemanly to drop a bunch of water on a girl’s head? I’d just fallen back asleep!"
"I’ll have to agree with Anne," came Lessa’s lethargic voice. "I hardly slept at all last night. Your relatives don’t even know I’m here, so did you have to wake me as well?"
"They of all people will be able to sense that you’re here. The house servants barely give off an aura, but it’s different for us."
Anice struggled to free her arms. "Still. You didn’t have to drop water on us."