Chapter 49

ARIA

The feeling of waking up to sunlight on floorboards and birds chirping and the scent of nature was ethereal. I stretched in bed, feeling sore all over before opening my eyes.

I rubbed my eyes and glanced around me, taking in the feeling of being awake and alive. I was all alone as always, the king was not in bed and I was getting used to not having him by my side almost every morning.

It felt good, I felt good except for the throbbing pain in my thighs. It felt as though I had been tied to pillar posts with my legs stretched wide open.

–Maybe you did.

“What?” I asked slowly as I tried to understand what Celine was about this morning.

–last night was amazing. Look, you're a woman now. You were passionate and he even called us terrific.

I furrowed my brows in confusion as her words sank in. “What are you talking about?”

–You forgetful being!