I woke late in the morning. Fiena sat beneath the window, the heavy curtains open just enough to bathe her in the overly bright morning light whilst she altered one of my dresses and her impossibly neat braids shone red where the sunlight touched them.
"I'm getting fat," I observed from the bed.
"Nonsense," she replied looking up with a smile. "You've just been around the castle a bit more recently than normal."
"At the tavern, don't you mean?"
"Well, yes," she was amused. "More nights than not."
"Akyran's in a mood," I told her. "He likes to ease it with hunting and ale."
"And you, my lady?" She teased. "Are you in a mood?"
I laughed. "Well, I can't let him drink alone, can I? There's no harm to a bit of ale."
"Except to my fingers from altering your dresses," she replied. "But the prince likes a bit of a curve on a woman."
I sighed. "Akyran doesn't see me that way," I told her.
"Mmm," she set the sewing to the side. "Shall I run your bath?"