Melody

The aroma of hot cocoa, sausage, and freshly baked bread wafted into my nostrils as I stirred on the bed, patting around in search of Draven. I frowned but quickly relaxed, assuming that he was making the hot cocoa for me. Seconds after that, the door was pushed open, but it wasn't he who came in. I didn't have to sit up or open my eyes to know that it was the former luna and the only mother figure I had.

"Mom?" I called out, dragging myself up. I rubbed my closed eyes, then fluttered them open, blinking rapidly as I adjusted to the light.

"Good afternoon, honey," she...