Unexpectedly

It’s time. Lucas has finally called her after five days of waiting. Those five days seemed like so much torture, but she had to hold it all in. She had to let him recover, she had to let him prepare himself for when they would see each other again, and now, the time has finally come. Nervousness overshadowed Ava then, but she wasn’t going to let that stop her. 

“Thank you. I’ll go to him now,” she told Kiron, who had come into her room to call her. 

Kiron bowed in response, “I wish you the very best, Ava, and I do hope that your union with my master shall be restored today.” 

“I hope so too,” she hummed. 

After Kiron left, she got up from where she was sitting and put on her slippers, dragging her feet slowly to the door. 

‘You can do this Ava. You can do this,’ she heard Layl