ELRETH
Something about going to bed in the middle of the day had never sat well with Elreth. So when she got into the Cave, she pulled one of the rugs up onto the lounge in the Great Room and laid down on it. Her head was spinning, and her stomach a little sick after that conversation. She didn't think she'd get to sleep easily. But to her surprise, she remembered nothing else until she heard the door creak open.
"Elreth? El?"
The voice was deep. But not as familiar as Aaryn. Or her family. It dragged her out of sleep. She needed to open her eyes. There might be an emergency. She was Queen now. Those things happened. She yawned and stretched, then blinked.
She was laying on her side on the lounge, her head on one of the cushions, facing the door when she opened her eyes—then gasped.
Dargyn knelt in front of her, smiling, one of his hands extended toward her shoulder. "Hey."
