Dining with the dawners
Ava didn’t realize how much she’d missed Nani Rosalyn until she saw the woman enter her room with her dinner that evening. She jumped from her bed and ran towards her to hug her, surprising Nani, who had to firm her grip on the tray and shift it to the side so Ava wouldn’t make her drop it.
“Wow! I didn’t know you were such a hugger, Nani chuckled, patting her on the head.
“I’m sorry, I just missed you so much, that’s all. I had to be served by that mean lady Kiara who wasn’t as friendly as you.”
“Kiara is a very nice woman once you get to know her, she’s just passing through a tough phase in her life right now.”
“Oh!” Ava hadn’t even thought of it before judging her attitude, she realized she shouldn’t have done that. No wonder, she’d noticed the lines on Kiara’s face earlier and realized now that she didn’t look happy at all, Nani was right.
“Is everything all right with her?”
“She’s just going through some rough disappointment, but she’ll get through it. Dawn pack members have been through much worse, they are always the strongest so you don’t have to worry about her,” Nani assured.
“Ok.”
“I’ve been out all-day gathering medicines for the pack’s wounded. I would have gone straight to retire for the night when I returned but Kiara told me you wanted to see me for something.”
Ava followed Nani to the dining table and sat down beside her, uncovering her plates.
“There’s just a lot of things that have been going on in my mind lately, and I think you’re the only one that can give me advice on what to do.”
“Eat your food dear, we can talk about it when you’re done.”
Nani waited patiently for Ava to finish her meal, then went on to listen to what she had to say. Ava almost started talking before noticing the tired lines on Nani’s face too, she realized it wasn’t right to keep her here after such a busy day.
“Go and rest Nani, we can talk about it later, maybe tomorrow.”
Nani smiled, liking the girl for being so considerate. “No problem dear, I might not come to serve you tomorrow; you can look for me either in the kitchen or in the healing room when you’re ready.”
“Will the guards let me leave this place?” She didn’t know if she could after what happened yesterday.
“Of course, they will. You should be fine so long as you don’t cross the barrier.” She gave her a stern look which made her hide her face, Ava didn’t know that Nani would find out so soon. “The guards are only there to keep a close watch on you; they aren’t there to restrict your movement within this place.”
“Thank you, Nani.” Boredom would have killed her in the days to come if it weren’t for this information. At least now she could take a walk, let Layla play or even go to the study to read a book, she’d seen the packs large collection on the day of her failed escape and was almost tempted to enter but for her quest for freedom.
“Is there anything else you’ll need?” Nani’s question brought a pending thought to her head.
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