\u201cI don\u2019t know, she put them on me in my dream, and when I woke up, I already had them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother must have been a very powerful witch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, they never talked to me about her. I really don\u2019t know anything about her. I would have liked to have known her, to spend time with her. Maybe my life would have been very different\u00a0<\/p>\n
if she hadn\u2019t died.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril yawned again. Alessandro didn\u2019t want her to fall asleep again, fearing that this time she wouldn\u2019t wake up. But she looked tired, fighting sleep to stay awake, and it was selfish of him not to let her sleep. Alessandro took off his shoes, got on the bed, wrapped his arms around her, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re sleepy, go to sleep. I\u2019ll be by your side when you wake up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril settled on his chest and said, \u201cthis time I will wake up, I just need to sleep a little.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro gently stroked her hair, kissed her forehead, and said, \u201cGood night, my sleeping beauty. I\u2019ll be here when you wake up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Abril closed her tired eyes, and it didn\u2019t take long for her to fall asleep. Alessandro was also tired. He had been taking care of Abril day and night for three days without sleeping a single minute, worry and fear preventing him. But at that moment, knowing that Abril was okay, all the tension in his body disappeared, and the fatigue hit him suddenly. In the end, he also ended up falling asleep while holding his wife\u2019s warm body in his arms. His beloved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
141\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything is Better When We\u2019re Together\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Abril woke up again, the sun had already begun to set, an orange light flooded the room. She\u00a0<\/p>\n
was still in Alessandro\u2019s arms, and she looked at him. For the first time in her life, she felt true\u00a0<\/p>\n
happiness and thanked God for having met him. She gently caressed his sleeping face. There were very few times she had seen him sleep; it was always the other way around. To her, his sleeping face seemed beautiful. Her fingers traced his features and stopped at his lips, soft and warm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro woke up to her caresses. When he opened his eyes, she apologized.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry, I woke you up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro pulled her hand before she withdrew it, kissed the palm of her hand, and said, \u201cDon\u2019t apologize, I\u2019m fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro saw that the sun was beginning to set outside and said, \u201cit seems we\u2019ve slept all day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you want to stretch your legs a bit?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cActually, yes. I\u2019ve been lying in this bed for three days, my body feels a bit heavy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro got out of bed, put on his shoes, and found Abril\u2019s shoes and a robe for her since she was only wearing a light white silk nightgown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro helped her sit up in bed slowly so she wouldn\u2019t get dizzy, then put on her shoes and robe, and helped her stand up. Abril felt her legs weak, like a newborn fawn. Alessandro held her by the waist and helped her walk until they reached the balcony. There they sat on a bench, from where they could see the mountains, the sun slowly descending, hiding behind the mountains. Abril leaned on Alessandro\u2019s arm and said, \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad you like it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really liked the sunset on the beach, but this is also beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, it is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know what I like most about this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough the landscape is beautiful, what I like most about this is being by your side. Your company makes everything even more beautiful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alessandro kissed her and said, \u201cYes, everything is better by your\u00a0<\/p>\n
side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
***\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian went out to train because he felt suffocated from being cooped up all day with nothing to\u00a0<\/p>\n
O\u00a0<\/p>\n
214\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything is Better When We\u2019re Together\u00a0<\/p>\n
+26 Points:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cassian saw Alessandro and Abril coming out onto the balcony, and he stopped and watched them. His brother helped Abril sit on a bench on the balcony, the two of them sitting side by side, Abril with her head resting on his brother\u2019s shoulder. It was painful for Cassian, though not as much as he had imagined. Seeing his brother constantly by Abril\u2019s side, never leaving her for a moment, he wished for Abril to wake up soon and for his brother to return to his old self. It broke his heart to see him so shattered and hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After seeing his brother kiss Abril, Cassian resumed running, wishing that one day he too would find someone to love as deeply as his brother did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
****\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three days later, with Abril fully recovered, Sirius decided to return to his tower, as he had nothing more to do there. Alessandro had barely had time to discuss the current events in the kingdom with Sirius, so he went to see him before he left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will leave in a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, Cassian told me. We will also continue our journey; there are still many places I need to\u00a0<\/p>\n
visit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTaren informed me of the situation; the kingdom is rife with traitors.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I need to purge the traitors before the war begins; otherwise, we\u2019ll collapse from within. King Venobich had begun to make his moves. Did you reinforce the barriers as I requested?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I\u2019ve sent the wizards to strengthen all the barriers, and I personally reinforced those of the palace. We will be fine for some time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope it\u2019s enough to hold until we\u2019re prepared. This time the war will not end with a treaty; it will have to end with the spilled blood of one of the two, and I hope it\u2019s King Venobich\u2019s blood and not\u00a0<\/p>\n
mine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\u00a0<\/p>\n
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