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Authors: Jasmine Bowen, Morris Fenris
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Rosa slid her long legs under the bed. “I guess there’s nothing you can do but wait and see what happens.”
Gregory winced.
“Wait and see are not terms you are used to when you are a king, nor terms you like to hear.”
Rosa smirked.
“Take yourself down a notch and come to bed, Gregory. Stop thinking about the world.”
He sighed.
“You were radiant on stage tonight, my dear. A ray of energy in a dark world.”
“ So come to bed and I'll show you some of the moves.” She wiggled her eyebrows and he laughed at last, sliding under the covers. What he did or didn`t feel for Rosa didn`t matter. At the moment, he was infinitely glad that he would have an immortal eternity with her to dwell on it.
Chapter 5
Peace. A cure. Quiet.
“Um …” Annalise was curled up on the couch a week later, a blanket over her legs and wearing two layers of warm clothing. She was freezing and exhausted today, but she knew nothing was an excuse to stop with lessons.
“ Arthur …”
It was an extremely childish activity, but they were writing Christmas lists. She had explained yesterday about the legend of Santa and he had seen firsthand how commercialized Christmas had become. Today, for something that didn’t require much brain power, she thought she’d explain about Christmas lists and their cultural meaning. However, Arthur’s list, in badly written scrawl, was not exactly the way a Christmas list was supposed to be written.
“Think of things that can be wrapped and put under a tree,” she said, her voice hoarse. “A big jolly man in a red suit can’t wrap any of those things. And neither can your brothers.”
“What did you write?” he asked, confused.
Armani sweater, blue. Amazon gift certificate. Hollister coat.
She read them off to him, stopping for an explanation every time. He looked at his own list.
“But Knox could give me one day of not talking to me if he knew that’s what I wanted.”
Arthur ’s language had improved in leaps and bounds recently. The only time he had trouble was when he was flustered, thinking faster than his brain could process. So far, none of that was a problem. Annalise hardly ever had to scramble for the dictionary anymore, although his accent could use some work.
“Yes,” this bringing humor to her tired eyes. “But he can’t wrap that.”
“But that’s what I wish.”
“My, you’re difficult today,” she teased him, trying to distract from a wave of pain that went through her body. She couldn’t stop shivering, and she knew that she had broken out into a cold sweat. It was probably just a side effect of the medication. The drugs she was on were strong. She had called Dr. Hever a few times, but he told her it was normal, and she said nothing more about it. “What we need is for your brothers to write lists too, so we can shop for them. Then, you can understand the real meaning of shoving people out of the way to get the last mass produced wallet the store has.”
Arthur ’s face was a mask of confusion.
“Why would anyone want to do that?”
“Yeah, exactly,” Annalise said. He wasn’t the only one learning in these sessions. When he asked questions like that, it made her stop and question society itself, and what it had become. She realized that a lot of things that people did made no sense.
Another wave of pain hit her and she thought perhaps if she went to get a drink of water, she would feel a bit better.
“Just finished writing, okay? I’ll be right back.”
She struggled up, her arms shaking at the effort, and then started to make her way towards the kitchen. However, a wave of dizziness hit her just then, and spots formed in front of her eyes.
“ Arthur,” she managed, in a whisper, and then her limp body hit the floor.
“ Annalise!” Arthur had gotten to her a moment too late, but he had seen it as he rushed over. Her body, in his vision, her life force, flickered from this world, and then disappeared entirely.
Gregory winced.
“Wait and see are not terms you are used to when you are a king, nor terms you like to hear.”
Rosa smirked.
“Take yourself down a notch and come to bed, Gregory. Stop thinking about the world.”
He sighed.
“You were radiant on stage tonight, my dear. A ray of energy in a dark world.”
“ So come to bed and I'll show you some of the moves.” She wiggled her eyebrows and he laughed at last, sliding under the covers. What he did or didn`t feel for Rosa didn`t matter. At the moment, he was infinitely glad that he would have an immortal eternity with her to dwell on it.
Chapter 5
Peace. A cure. Quiet.
“Um …” Annalise was curled up on the couch a week later, a blanket over her legs and wearing two layers of warm clothing. She was freezing and exhausted today, but she knew nothing was an excuse to stop with lessons.
“ Arthur …”
It was an extremely childish activity, but they were writing Christmas lists. She had explained yesterday about the legend of Santa and he had seen firsthand how commercialized Christmas had become. Today, for something that didn’t require much brain power, she thought she’d explain about Christmas lists and their cultural meaning. However, Arthur’s list, in badly written scrawl, was not exactly the way a Christmas list was supposed to be written.
“Think of things that can be wrapped and put under a tree,” she said, her voice hoarse. “A big jolly man in a red suit can’t wrap any of those things. And neither can your brothers.”
“What did you write?” he asked, confused.
Armani sweater, blue. Amazon gift certificate. Hollister coat.
She read them off to him, stopping for an explanation every time. He looked at his own list.
“But Knox could give me one day of not talking to me if he knew that’s what I wanted.”
Arthur ’s language had improved in leaps and bounds recently. The only time he had trouble was when he was flustered, thinking faster than his brain could process. So far, none of that was a problem. Annalise hardly ever had to scramble for the dictionary anymore, although his accent could use some work.
“Yes,” this bringing humor to her tired eyes. “But he can’t wrap that.”
“But that’s what I wish.”
“My, you’re difficult today,” she teased him, trying to distract from a wave of pain that went through her body. She couldn’t stop shivering, and she knew that she had broken out into a cold sweat. It was probably just a side effect of the medication. The drugs she was on were strong. She had called Dr. Hever a few times, but he told her it was normal, and she said nothing more about it. “What we need is for your brothers to write lists too, so we can shop for them. Then, you can understand the real meaning of shoving people out of the way to get the last mass produced wallet the store has.”
Arthur ’s face was a mask of confusion.
“Why would anyone want to do that?”
“Yeah, exactly,” Annalise said. He wasn’t the only one learning in these sessions. When he asked questions like that, it made her stop and question society itself, and what it had become. She realized that a lot of things that people did made no sense.
Another wave of pain hit her and she thought perhaps if she went to get a drink of water, she would feel a bit better.
“Just finished writing, okay? I’ll be right back.”
She struggled up, her arms shaking at the effort, and then started to make her way towards the kitchen. However, a wave of dizziness hit her just then, and spots formed in front of her eyes.
“ Arthur,” she managed, in a whisper, and then her limp body hit the floor.
“ Annalise!” Arthur had gotten to her a moment too late, but he had seen it as he rushed over. Her body, in his vision, her life force, flickered from this world, and then disappeared entirely.
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