Chapter 308: Rebuilding Friendship
A week!
It took Annalise almost a week to recover her powers to some point from the incident of the night when she tried to track the dark energy.
Though initially she felt that she was mostly good except for a little bit tired, the next they found out that not only she was feeling physically tired but she could hardly perform any spell because the dark energy and the ward had exhausted her powers.
This brought another round of lecture from her husbands, especially Damien who seemed really done with her all over again. Even she couldn’t remember just how many times she apologized to make him calm down and forgive her.
Even if she never planned to get hurt and only wanted to help everyone by finding out about the hidden place of their enemy, she didn’t feel great about defending herself against her husbands’ anger and disappointment. After all, it wasn’t like she did nothing wrong at all.
Over the week, the Dark Lords calmed down completely and allowed her to continue with whatever she had plans for except for anything dangerous.
So, once Annalise was feeling good enough to start her usual training, she made her way to the secret Realm. Her steps echoed softly as she walked along the narrow path toward Esmeray’s house which was hidden in one of the dark alleys. The air felt tense, like the calm before a storm. She steeled herself, her heart pounding in anticipation as she approached the entrance.
It had been so long since they last met and not even once had he tried to reach out to her. She wondered if she would be able to meet him or not this time again.
She finally reached his house and knocked on the door. At first, there was no response but then a moment later, it finally swung open. She noticed Esmeray and Ascher sitting next to the fireplace while they were deeply indulged in discussing the contents of a scroll that lay open on the wooden table between them.