2/7/2026, 5:39 AM
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“Well, go on! It must be very important, and I wish to hear it!”
Why was Sreda suddenly so silent? The witch-woman would roll her shoulders, releasing the tension from her lower back. Was it annoyance? Was it … the gross stench of motherly attention? Yes, perhaps it was the hot, golden gaze of her mother’s nosey gaze that set her chest aflutter.
I’ve been asked to spend some time at Northfall,she would explain, her voice cleansed with medical precision.
By Wardruna.It was added swiftly, perhaps in the hopes that Valeska would not process it for more than what it was — a favor or an alliance.
That’s wall it was, right?
I should hope you won’t suffer so dreadfully in my absence.It was her version of an ‘ask,’ because … really … since Harper had disappeared … well … Elysium was rather short-staffed when it came to healers. And Sreda didn’t want to be the one to tell her mother that their aunt had taken an unfortunate sabbatical.
It won’t be forever,the woman would add, as if to accentuate her own thoughts.
