After finally finding Adaria and smoothing things over there, Mica decided to spend some time in Val Royeaux by herself instead of going directly back to Antiva to collect her ten-year-old son. She needed some time to properly grieve her brother and she couldn’t do that if she was looking after her son. She figured she’d go in a couple of weeks and collect him from his step father in Antiva.
Being in Val Royeaux always felt more like home than it did in Antiva. Having spent ages sixteen to twenty-one in Val Royeaux going to school, which felt like a lifetime ago now. Then of course getting knocked up by the stable boy and married off to Pero, an Antivan noble had rather dulled her years back in Antiva. When the royals were forced to go into hiding because of the Crows, two years earlier, Mica didn’t hesitate to use that as an excuse to buy a home in Val Royeaux and spend her time there, while Pero stayed behind in Antiva City.
Now, walking through the bustling marketplace of Val Royeaux, Mica felt a strange sense of peace. The familiar sights and sounds were comforting, a gentle reminder of her younger, carefree days before she was thrust into the harsh realities of royalty.
She really needed to check back in with her friends since having gone off looking for Adaria. Maeve, Lucien, Claude and Rene were probably all wondering how she’d gone on looking for her niece. She was in no hurry to though, so she wandered around the stalls and shops, lost in her thoughts. Until she nearly collided into someone, she turned, a bit flushed because she felt silly for being so lost in thought that she hadn’t been watching where she was going.
Being in Val Royeaux always felt more like home than it did in Antiva. Having spent ages sixteen to twenty-one in Val Royeaux going to school, which felt like a lifetime ago now. Then of course getting knocked up by the stable boy and married off to Pero, an Antivan noble had rather dulled her years back in Antiva. When the royals were forced to go into hiding because of the Crows, two years earlier, Mica didn’t hesitate to use that as an excuse to buy a home in Val Royeaux and spend her time there, while Pero stayed behind in Antiva City.
Now, walking through the bustling marketplace of Val Royeaux, Mica felt a strange sense of peace. The familiar sights and sounds were comforting, a gentle reminder of her younger, carefree days before she was thrust into the harsh realities of royalty.
She really needed to check back in with her friends since having gone off looking for Adaria. Maeve, Lucien, Claude and Rene were probably all wondering how she’d gone on looking for her niece. She was in no hurry to though, so she wandered around the stalls and shops, lost in her thoughts. Until she nearly collided into someone, she turned, a bit flushed because she felt silly for being so lost in thought that she hadn’t been watching where she was going.
I am SO sorry, I really should have been paying better attention.
02-03-2024, 04:10 PM
