Passing Pleasures

Azriel awoke to a heavy weight on her upper body. She felt trapped under a steel band, and tried very hard to shift it. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw sunlight filtering into the room, with a massive view of the bay through the open windows. Seagulls were squawking around and she remembered that they had travelled across the entire Alvaran Kingdom from Irismus to Dilorus, the Alavaran capital yesterday.