I could tell she was miffed at me, and heavens knew why. With all the conflicting emotions I'd seen and had slipped through our bond, I wasn't even sure she knew why.

I left her to finish her evening in peace and went back to the main sitting room and found it much as I had left it. A few of the elves were already preparing for bed, and with everything that had happened, Laliera was showing signs of her exhaustion.

"Pardon me, Master, but where do we sleep?" Laliera asked.

I suspected eventually it would eventually become a problem if Benavur and Laliera tried to always claim the spaces...