Each day she woke up, she felt stronger.
More clear headed.
Better.
And the memory of that night when Donncahd told her a story. Or the time he'd leaned in so close-
It was so vague she couldn't be sure it wasn't just another fever dream.
Except sometimes she'd find the prince's eyes on her.
She'd turn and find his red eyes boring into her back as if trying to pry her mind open and understand it.
Not with anger.
But that didn't mean the sensation was less unsettling. The hairs on her arm would stand on end when she felt it, her skin prickling.
It was a feeling like walking past a sleeping lion, but with the knowledge the lion knew she was there, and might be considering killing her for being in its domain, and only didn't kill her because it had not yet determined it was worth the energy. It made her feel.
Exactly like that.
...She'd never experienced that.
But she was certain it felt the same. Exactly.