When Gaia Died

Though Ember was raised as a human, now that she had started to develop her own Fire, her power was somewhat affecting her unstable emotions, making her feel cranky and irritated even at the smallest things. 

"Miss, are you sure you don't need anything else?"

Since she woke up, Ember was unusually quiet and simply let her servants do what they wanted to take care of her. As soon as they left her chamber to give her more time to rest, she opted to leave bed  and sit on the same window sill where Ray's cage was located.

She stared at her pet who was busy jumping here and there inside her cage, eating once in a while, sometimes playing on the swing. Time passed idly like that.

Though her eyes were at her pet, her mind was somewhere else, her thoughts lost in memories she thought she had buried deep in her mind. 

'I miss my nanny.'