░ The Azure Castle, Ashton, The Kingdom of Kestle, Edios
░ Thursday, July 29, 1255
░ At 5:50 pm
THETIA KESTLE
The day before, the three ladies of the Kestle family, had received their dresses and accessories for the Queen's birthday. In the meantime, much had happened. Mary had received a letter from her son, announcing that he would be returning occasionally with the Dracoris royal family for the birthday, as the royal family's assistant painter. Mary had cried tears of joy, her son was blossoming and that was all that mattered to her. She hoped that her daughters, too, could blossom and be happy. Every night, before going to bed with her husband, the Duke, she kept repeating how time passed too quickly, how she felt she had not been able to enjoy the time with her children. Especially in those dangerous times, it was here that one realized that family was something important and essential.