Time to Heap

~ Alexa… ~

The Duchess heard the soft whisper, without actually seeing the Shade. She was grateful for the deference. Lately, she had severe headaches and flashes when she saw a Shade. Alexa was staying more in Ashgraufelsen, her official residence, and was not going to the capital if she could avoid it. This helped because she was more likely to see ghosts when she went to the castle, for one reason or another.

But this time, it was different. They were in the basements of the castle, doing something that could not be seen.

"Are you sure you don't want help, Lex?" Klaus asked, trying to take the objects from her hand. Alexa jerked her hands away so he wouldn't do that.

"I'm pregnant, not sick!"

He raised his eyebrow and nodded, a little amused. "Then that's it?"

"Yes. As there's no longer a body, I will represent it with this small figurine."