Chapter 461: Last days (2)
After a day of Celine showing Rafael items from Annalise’s past and Phillip enjoying a day of spending time with his daughter, Annalise and Rafael returned to each other’s side to start putting together their house.
They walked to the market and picked out what they wanted. When it came time to move the furniture in, they received help from the knights and people on the street who saw that they were moving. It was more than just Celine eager to see Rafael and Annalise living together.
Others in town were excited about the coming wedding, but many were still against Rafael marrying the leader. They wanted him to do something to show his loyalty to their home as they were yet to believe that Rafael would turn on them at the order of the king.
Annalise instructed Rafael to pay no attention to them as there was nothing he could do to prove he was not going to hurt them. Their relationship would show that as time went on and when the king would come to visit to finish the truce, this would all be settled.
As long as there were no attacks.
Now came the day for Annalise and Rafael to depart from the border to go toward the orphanage to visit Lydia.
Annalise felt great sadness over leaving her parents already, but she had to go to see Lydia. It could not be pushed back any longer. It wouldn’t be long before she was back at home, but then that meant she would be here without Rafael.
Annalise didn’t want to appear clingy and asked that he return with her for a few more days. She didn’t want Rafael to have to make the long trip back to his manor alone when she would be travelling back with Siena and Thomas who was already off with the knights who left early in the morning.
Heidi, Siena, and Giselle had all travelled with the knights back to the manor so they could go visit their families and be back home. Back to their normal daily life.