Tania picked up the spoon to feed the princess. Arielle took a bite of food and then chewed it very slowly. The girl finished her food in silence. Tania also didn’t want to disturb Arielle’s silence if the girl was comfortable with it.
Tania wiped Arielle’s lips after she finished her al. A maid then ca in to retrieve the trolley containing the empty plates. After that, another maid brought a basin of warm water. Tania put it on the side of the bed. The woman helped Arielle to sit and stretched her legs down.
Carefully, Tania washed Arielle’s feet to ease the stiff muscles so that the girl could feel refreshed. She hoped Arielle could walk comfortably after a long day lying with frozen feet.
"Tania... thank you, sorry for worrying you," said Arielle, who finally raised her voice after a long silence.
Tania looked up and smiled softly. "This is all I can do for you, Princess."
Tania asked permission to leave the room for a while in order to return the basin.
Arielle looked around and realized she wasn’t in her own room. The girl stretched her legs and got up with the help of the bedpost. Her legs still felt weak to walk, but she was able to stand up straight.
The bedroom door opened. Arielle hoped Tania would hold her to help her walk because her leg muscles still felt very stiff.
"Tania?" called Arielle, then she turned to wait for Tania, who never ca back to help her.
Instead, at the door stood a man. Arielle smiled.
"Your Majesty, you have returned from the border?" asked Arielle.
Ronan ignored the girl’s question. He walked quickly to Arielle then wrapped his arms around the girl’s body. Ronan took off his mask and buried his face in the crook of Arielle’s neck.
"What were you thinking, Arielle?" the man asked.
There were many things the man wanted to say. He tightened his arms, even more, to convince himself that Arielle had really woken up. All night he checked the girl’s pulse to make sure that Arielle was still with him.
He had never seen soone unconscious this long. So, seeing Arielle unconscious with an unstable body temperature condition really made the man nervous.
"Hmm?"
Ronan sighed heavily. He let go of his hand to see her face. "You know how worried I was?"
Arielle did not know what to answer. When Ronan hugged her before, Arielle felt very relieved. It felt like she had co ho completely.
Her body was soon lifted and Arielle automatically hugged the man’s neck so as not to fall. Ronan carried Arielle back onto the bed and helped her to sit on his lap.
Ronan grabbed the blanket, then wrapped the girl’s body so she wouldn’t get cold.
"I’ve ward up enough, Your Majesty."
"But what if you feel cold again? You don’t rember last night you said you were cold to the point of shivering? Namina helped warm your body ti and again. And I held you all night."
"Oh really?"
"You don’t rember?" asked Ronan, slightly surprised. The man certainly still rembered when Arielle grabbed his shirt and whispered that she was cold. Was the girl just delirious?
Then how about the ti in the cave? Ronan was sure that Arielle had woken up from her confusion and said thank you, then the two of them had a chance to look at each other. Arielle also did not rember that? Was it just a delusion?
Arielle furrowed her brows as she tried to rember what happened. She only rembered how she fell on a slope with a girl nad Junia. The girl shook her head. Ronan touched Arielle’s forehead, and the girl’s body temperature had returned to normal. No more fever.
"You... really don’t rember anything?" asked Ronan cautiously.
"The last thing I rember is that I fell into the slope," Arielle answered hesitantly, as she attempted to rember sothing. But it felt like there really wasn’t anything else to rember.
Ronan checked Arielle’s body from head to toes. She didn’t have any serious injuries. Only a few minor scratches she might have gotten when she fell and a few bruises on her upper arm.
"Or maybe, your body felt sothing after falling?" the man asked. He hoped Arielle would rember how her body produced such a bright light and lted the snow around her.
Once again, the girl shook her head in doubt.
Ronan grabbed Arielle’s body so that the girl leaned against him. Sohow he felt so relieved. For the entire ti since yesterday, Ronan was worried and spent much thought on what the girl’s reactions were when she saw him in the form of a wolf.
At least this way, Ronan had more ti to think about how to tell Arielle about himself. The man then kissed Arielle’s forehead gently. "We will return to the palace once you are completely healed."
Arielle felt very peaceful now. She rested her head on the man’s shoulder and placed her hand on Ronan’s chest.
"Have you eaten?" asked Ronan in a gentle tone.
"Yes, Tania brought a lot of food earlier."
"Earlier? You’ve been awake since earlier?" he asked in disbelief because no one had told him.
Ronan had just settled the matter with the Wolgast Kingdom. eting Petra was almost a complete waste of ti because the man liked to joke more than talk about their core issues.
"I have even changed clothes, and Tania has also helped clean myself."
Ronan looked down and just realized Arielle had changed into a thinner nightgown. The man cleared his throat then averted his gaze from Arielle’s exposed collarbone.
"I can see it," said the man. He lifted the blanket to cover Arielle’s body. Arielle straightened her body slightly.
"Your Majesty, do you know how the conditions of Junia and July are? They’re fine, right? Then what about their father?" asked Arielle frantically.
Ronan cupped Arielle’s face to stop worrying too much.
"They are fine. You don’t have to worry."
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