Chapter 25: A Fairy!? Part One
The early morning light shone through the window and onto the side of the bed where Evanna lay asleep. She fluttered her eyes open, feeling well-rested and started to stretch her arms out; pain immediately shot through her in multiple spots over her body, the back of her head, her stomach and her face. Reality soon caught up with her as she remembered why her muscles were tight, and her body bruised. She had been attacked the night before.
Slowly sitting up, she leaned her body against the wall, bringing her knees to her chest. Her mind began to flashback to the man on top of her, his hand around her throat, strangling her. Taking a deep breath in, she released it slowly, calming herself; she was still breathing, she reminded herself. She did not need to be fearful, Cilv took care of them, and they would never harm another soul again.
Pushing last night to the back of her mind, she climbed out of bed to get ready. While she changed, she looked at Cilv, who was sleeping on her back on the far end of the bed. She did not know how she balanced herself as it seemed half her body was falling off.
Evanna shook her head as she continued to get ready, forgetting that behind her was a fairy.
~ Be very careful with her, your majesty ~
The sweet voice in her head made her jump in surprise, with a small yelp leaving her lips. Before she faced the little creature, her eyes glanced over at Cilv, who was still asleep. Evanna narrowed her eyes at her, she was always so vigilant and usually woke up to the smallest of noises, yet just now, she was still fast asleep.
Brushing off her thoughts, she turned to look at the fairy who was now sitting on Evanna’s pillow on the bed. As she opened her mouth to speak, Nesrin raised her finger to her lips to shush her.
~ You can speak to me in your mind ~ Nesrin’s voice floated through her head again. Evanna frowned and tried to form her thoughts in her head to talk back to her in her mind.
~You speak other languages? ~ Was the first thought that popped into her head.
The fairy giggled lightly before flapping her wings to lift up from the pillow but immediately dropped, landing on her bottom on the soft surface. Evanna walked over to Nesrin and held her hand out for her to step onto. Nesrin’s annoyed face soon turned to a smile as she looked back up at the princess.
~ I speak every language, princess ~