(#86) A Sleep-less Night

I tossed and turned around in my sleep.

I was craving his touch. Too much.

I don't know why. I took a good amount of caffeine a few hours before sleep, and also drank chamomile tea. I even took a warm bath before bed.

Just why sleep isn't just getting to me.

It might sound insane, but I think I might just go crazy from this insomnia.

I then sat up straight.

I will do some work. I thought and got up.

I lit a candle and went to my study room.

Done.

Done.

Done.

Done, done, and done.

Why is every work of mine already done?

I thought as I sat back in my chair.

Is someone else coming and doing my work?

I guess, when you lose sleep, you start thinking crazier possibilities.

I then opened a bottle of red wine and poured myself a glass.

It helped me relax my thoughts.

Ah!

The realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

How can my work not be finished?

I have been coming to my study room and completing my work at night for the past week.

Yesterday, I even started doing work for the coming days.

I then opened some of the documents and continued from yesterday.

Then I looked through some reports and found that the price of grains, were not only not decreasing, but it is also going on the increase.

What the hell is wrong with Lydia?

It is not like we are asking for it for free. We give a good part of our revenue in exchange for the grains.

We also offer some of our silks and crops as a token of friendship.

And also, Lydia, comparatively with the other countries, is a small one, with an army in direct proportion with it.

There is no way that, that country would have the guts to do this.

Something is definitely fishy.

Now the only hope rests with a secret messenger I sent to Scavels, barren land which lies as the border between Avalon and Lydia, to check the matters at the border.

Even though my instinct is in contrast, I hope that everything is alright.

I then took a deep breath and looked outside the window.

I then saw the water-fall in our courtyard, surrounded by trees, earning it the title, Green Ring Courtyard.

It was there long before the House Aesther was even there. During the Building of this House, apparently, the then House-Lord didn't have the heart to demolish this beauty.

So, it remains, becoming more and more beautiful as years pass by, like a maiden, who never becomes old.

As I was staring at the waterfall, an idea came to me.

Uh-oh! I need one more glass of wine.

I thought, at the craziness of my idea.

Either way, I ended up doing it.

In the dark cold night, with not even a candle as my guide, I made my way into the garden, the courtyard, and then the waterfall.

Yes. I am going to sit, right beneath it.

I thought and let my hair fall over my shoulders and back.

I removed my slippers and checked the temperature of the water with my toe-tip.

I took it back at once.

It is freaking chilly.

But then I thought.

I am not going to lose to some freaking chilly cold water.

Ah! I seriously need a glass of wine before I do something even freakier.

But am I not going to let my time, energy, and my perseverance go to waste.

I took step by step.

All the cells in my body screamed to get out of the water-fall.

But I moved forward. Till I reached the waterfall.

The water from above falls to a rock, and that's where I sat.

Coldwater above, cold water below.

It was freezing at the start, but I don't know why, after some time, I started feeling warm.

I special kind of warm.

Just as I was getting used to the water-fall, a strong pairs of hands pulled me out and I landed in his arms.

The strong smell of familiar cologne filled my nostrils. But I still didn't open my eyes.

"Are you out of your mind?!" His raging voice made my heart, as much as I would hate to admit, flutter.

A smile formed upon my face.

"Did you do all this just to get my attention?" He asked, causing all my happiness and the smile, go to waste.

I opened my eyes with nothing but pure fury.

Does he seriously think that I am madly in love with him?

Well, I am, but I wouldn't do all these just for him.

"Do you seriously think the whole world revolves under your command?" I asked, flatly, and that took him by surprise.

"You-you, you seriously think that you can talk to me like that?" He asked.

"And you seriously think that you can come to this house like that?" I asked.

And that got him quiet.

Suddenly the lights of the mansion turned on.

I then got off his hands with great caution.

"Would like to have a warm welcome or escape just as you came in?" I asked.

"About the first, I am not very sure, so I shall go with the latter." He said.

I was about to reply when I heard.

"REPORT!"

"It is him!" I said with excitement.

But he is back soon than expected.

"Who? Anyway, I guess I will test my luck and go with the first option for now." Lindon said and I smiled.

We both got inside the Hall.

Almost every important person was awake.

Father, Belle, Caylin, Rais, and some other knights.

"What were you both doing outside? And why is your dress soaked, Ana?" Father asked.

"I think we should rather listen to what this person has to say." Lindon pointed to the soldier.

"Yes. Have you got information on what I sent you for?" I asked.

"I was on my way when I met a soldier who is guarding Scavels and he gave me this letter." He said and presented a letter to me.

As I was opening it, I decided against it.

"Father, you do it," I said and handed over the letter to him.

He then read the letter, and his eyes turned a turn for the worse.

"Call for an Assembly Meeting!"

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Last updated on 27/03/2021