No. 1412 sober-elves

Letitia was not wearing a collar anymore, and this was first noticed by Mrs Kristin.

As far as she could remember, Letitia had been wearing a ruby collar, which Joshua had prepared for her.

Joshua was fond of gemstones of all kinds, rubies in particular being his favourite. The rubies on Letitia's collar were very precious, and it was clear from this that Joshua valued her.

It was for this reason that Mrs Kristin chose the dress for Letitia to fit the ruby collar as closely as possible. For Mrs Kristin, the ruby collar was more like a piece of jewellery for Letitia.

But now the collar is gone and Letitia is no longer wearing it. Her neck was so smooth that there was nothing on it.

Mrs Kristin's eyes flicked around her neck and met Letitia's eyes again, smiling at her, "You seem different today."