Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 202

Chapter 202 The Decision

Her eyes reddened as she looked at Cassian. “May we send her away?”

“Yes,” Cassian answered without hesitation.

He turned to Bran. “Tell Her Majesty to return. Inform her it is my decision.”

Bran was not surprised. He bowed and withdrew

Elowen exhaled quietly.

“Finish the medicine?” Cassian asked.

She nodded and drank the rest obediently.

Afterward she said, “I’d like to sleep a little longer.”

“All right,” he replied.

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She lay back down. Mira carefully tucked the covers around her. Soon she drifted into sleep. In her dream, she returned to childhood.

That summer had been unbearably hot. The palace had sent rare fruits, some brought from far-off lands at great expense.

Her father had prized them greatly and decided to host a small feast so the family could share in the royal favor.

Elowen had stolen several instead, wrapping them in cloth and bringing them to share with Ember.

One for her. One for the horse.

They ate until satisfied.

Later, she wandered back lazily for a nap and encountered her mother investigating the missing fruit.

She tried to slip away but was called to a halt. “Where have you just come from?”

Elowen smiled brightly. “I went to see Ember. It’s terribly hot. Ember looked faint.”

Her mother arched a brow. “The palace sent fruit. Did you and Ember share some?”

Elowen shifted. “That would be rather improper”

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Her mother laughed despite herself. “Improper And yet you stole it?”

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Elowen blinked, puzzled how she had been discovered. Her mother snorted softly. “You forgot to wipe the juice from your clothes.”

Elowen gasped in dismay. She was ordered to pray alone in the chapel as punishment. She stood there in silence.

Ember waited outside without moving.

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The servants watched with quiet amusement. “Miss and Ember truly share fortune and misfortune together.”

“General Hale tried to lead Ember away earlier and was nearly kicked.”

“In this world, Ember only listens to Miss.”

Elowen’s throat tightened even in sleep. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.

She heard a sigh. Not from her dream. From the room. A warm, rough thumb brushed gently across her cheek, wiping away her tears.

She sniffed and opened her eyes slowly.

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It was night. Pale moonlight filtered through the window, falling across Cassian’s features.

He was watching her closely.

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“Did you have a nightmare…” he began softly.

Before he finished, she threw herself into his arms.

He stiffened briefly. Her body trembled against him. She was crying. Her tears soaked through his clothing, cold against his chest.

A dull ache spread inside him. “It’s my fault.”

If he had not left. If he had returned sooner.

During the two days she lay unconscious, Elspeth had told him that while he was away, Elowen had thought of him constantly. On the day of the hunt, she had been so distracted thinking of him that she seemed lost in her own thoughts.

When he heard that, something inside him had twisted sharply.

He had gripped the armrest of his wheelchair so hard that the wood warped beneath his fingers.

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Later, he replaced the chair.

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