Mother didn’t understand that children aren’t frightened by stories; that their lives are full of far more frightening things than those contained in fairy tales.
I hope this missive finds you well and in good spirit. Thank you kindly for sending word regarding Lady Jardin and her current condition. I will pass on a memo to the Roses so they are informed of the situation. I also wish you will pass on to Adriwyn my well-wishes for her swift recovery. Let her know she is in my prayers.
I’d like to request you perhaps make an exception and allow for me to visit Adriwyn. I’d like to see her if at all possible. Maybe seeing some friendly faces would help her recovery. Do let me know if this is a possibility at your earliest convenience.
If I may ask another favor, would you be so kind to give Adriwyn this bouquet of hydrangeas on behalf of myself and the Roses? It is a get-well-soon arrangement to lift her spirits. Also, give her my love.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and may the stars light your path,
Receiving her letters, with the one from Lux on top, and the hydrangeas, the small blonde’s pacing as she read made even the nervous Sylvari who’d made the delivery seem a model of decorum.
‘Are you all right, Miss Adri?’
Adriwyn laughed with a flash of white teeth and nodded. ‘Oh, aye. Just tired of being pent up, even with Alex’s elementals to spar with.’ She sighed, shaking her head. ‘Be good to get more visitors who can pass the Blade’s scrutiny.’
‘”The Blade”, Miss Adri?’
‘As in the Shining Blade, Orchid. The Queen’s own troops and special agents. That’s who’s in charge of my safety right now.’
‘Even here?’
She pondered the Sylvari briefly, and decided not to break her innocence further at the moment. ‘Aye, even here, sweetie, even though you haven’t spotted them.’ She wasn’t quite lying – she hadn’t spotted that even the butler, Andrew, was deadly, as was Lady LaCoria. Sometimes it was easier to just let Orchid go on being naive. ‘Anyway, I should write to Lux, and then decide how to respond to the rest of these. Thank you for bringing these by! Maybe Andrew will have something for you to snack on before you go?’
The Sylvari didn’t need much encouraging to scurry down to the kitchen, and the mostly recovered Adri sat down to write back to her friend.
Dear Lady Lux,
Thank you so much for your kind wishes and the flowers! I’m sure I can talk my caretakers into letting you in – and Aly probably already told you where I am, even if she hadn’t before. I don’t really know what she wrote earlier, come to think of it. So, in case she didn’t say, I’m at the LaCoria estate, slowly going crazy from being cooped up. I’ve had better medical care than money alone can buy, and it’s only a lack of guards to escort me that has me still hidden away. I hope nothing too awful has happened for me to catch up on in my enforced absence. And don’t stop by my shop – I’m pretty sure my blood is still on the door.
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