Chapter 13: The Pool Room
That evening, Annalise ate her dinner in the kitchen with Aunt Claire and Sera while Garron and Mr. Warren ate their dinner in their rooms in the servant quarters which were built in the backyard.
She also found out that there was a huge orchard in the backyard with hundreds of different types of fruit trees standing tall but they were in a similar state as the castle. She decided to check the orchard the very first thing the next morning.
As for the Dark Lords, none of them made an appearance this time for the dinner. Kenric had already informed her that they won’t be joining, so Annalise wasn’t looking forward to their company. However, she was curious about Lord Valerius and Lord Damien who not only skipped the dinner but also breakfast and lunch.
Besides, the situation in which she found the kitchen in the morning, it didn’t seem like anyone had stepped inside it in ages. So, where did the Lords cook their food, and who cooked their food because there was no original servant in the castle?
Her head started buzzing with questions the more she thought about the Lords. They seemed way more mysterious than she presumed.
Letting out a small sigh, she hurriedly finished her dinner, and after helping Aunt Claire and Sera a little bit in cleaning up, she took her leave and headed towards her room. She hadn’t returned to her room ever since the morning, so she still had to see how it looked after the maids cleaned it up.
As she entered the room, a soft breeze and the light essence of lavender greeted her. Sera had lighted a few lavender-scented candles around the room and even though there was a light breeze blowing outside the castle and the huge open window was allowing it inside, the candles still kept burning brightly because of the spell Sera had cast over them.
Her eyes took in the changes in the room that had made it appear way more lively and beautiful. Unlike this morning, the room was now filled with her belongings. The wooden shelf had some of her favorite books arranged in it with a few other decorative items filling some of the empty spots.
She was not sure what to feel after seeing the items that her mother had stuffed into the trunks to send with her. What if the Lords saw them? How would they feel?