Twenty Seven Seconds

Nilana yawned.

With her hands inside the sink filled with soapy water, she yawned again. Everything has been going on too fast since last night. She was trying her best to cope up with it. Her yawns intensified as she recalled of the day that was half an hour away to be over. What a tiring and eventful day it was!

The boon companion of her saviour indeed looked lavishly into her eyes. Nilana assumed that he could be a nobleman at the very least, judging by the way he always wore expensive clothing.

But never once she thought that he would be a part of the foreign royalty!

The sudden revelation, still after so many hours, knocked Nilana for a loop. Aunt Giselle went back to her small cottage a few hours back, when the night closed by.