Shy

"Adela."

Adela gasped as she stared at him. Richard spoke softly. "It hurts here."

He said this while he grasped Adela's hand and touched the painful left side of his chest. Adela gazed at his chest with widening eyes. She looked at his chest and bit her bottom lip. She closed her eyes and then abruptly gave a slight headshake. She had already begun imagining the prince in her wildest dreams. 'What would happen if Richard and I felt like becoming one?' Adela furrowed her brows in thought.

She opened her eyes and began to focus on healing while considering it. She began treating the side of his chest. Adela touched her hand to his chest, and a golden healing circle emerged. She closed her eyes gently and began saying something. Richard kept looking at Adela.