Mordrin and Vella smiled brightly, both looking over at Clovis with excitement . Their family was going to expand again, and he deserved happiness . The Empress Eve was asking questions, her own excitement intoxicating to most the table . Clovis answered best he could but any question directed at Kyera fell on deaf ears . The woman was too intent on the little girl at her side . It was clear Raina wasn't as excited as everyone else at the table .
While the rest of the family was just far enough away that they couldn't feel the emotions pouring out of the young girl . The sense of confusion and uncertainty that she suddenly felt thrust into . Kyera reached over and gently cupped her chin, making the child look up at her .
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"Raina, can we go talk?" Kyera asked, her voice gentle and loving . Raina nodded and took the napkin off her lap, folding it and laying it over the plate in front of her . Kyera pushed her own chair out and offered her hand . The child and woman walked out of the room together . Everyone was aware, but they let the pair go .
Kyera led Raina out of the room, and up to the training grounds . The soldiers had all left by now, and the pair were alone . She took Raina to the base of a small tower that the child had never gone into, not only had she never entered but no one else seemed to have either . The old wooden door had a small keyhole on it, the edges of the door were beautiful and rustic against the old wooden bricking . The pair made their way inside, and up a small flight of stairs .
At the top, there was a simple room with a window out over the forest . The cone shaped roof to the building had no base inside, the peak just towered over the center of the room . There was a table by the window, and a zither and a cushion sitting under the window . It had gathered a bit of dust but was still just as charming as it had been the day it was been built .
"This is where I use to come to think . Perhaps it's time to pass it on to you . " Kyera offered with a bit of a gentle smile . Raina looked around the room, curiosity overriding her feelings for the moment . While she was distracted, Kyera fluffed the two cushions on the ground and dusted them off . She sat down, and waited for Raina to join her . The child was unusually quiet . Kyera knew there were thoughts going through her head and it was best to give her a moment to think before trying to tackle what needed to be said this evening .
"Talk to me, Raina . " Kyera prompted after a while . The child looked up at her then back down at her delicate hands, now forming calluses from work .
"I don't know . " Raina replied still a bit lost on how to explain her feelings without sounding cruel or selfish . Kyera sighed .
"Raina, do you not want a baby sibling?" Kyera asked figuring it was best to be blunt for right now . She didn't want to cause Raina any more pain and if they needed to find a way to work through this child's distaste for the idea, she would prefer to do it before the baby was born . Raina jolted and shook her head quickly, her doe eyes a bit distraught .
"No, it isn't that at all . I'm happy that I'm having a sibling . I've always wanted one, but…" She trailed off again and Kyera waited patiently for a few more moments . They had the time to think this through . "I just don't want my family to become like theirs . " She replied soflty, a deep pain seeming to seep out .
Chapter end
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