Chapter 32
Hours later, Lucien was sleeping when he heard whimpering and cries. He took sleeping pills but sleep is always far to come. And when it comes, it doesn't stay.
He knows it's the middle of the night when he woke. He stared down at his bed to see where the cries were coming from. It's Danika.
Her eyes were still closed, but it's obvious she's having a terrible nightmare.
Not being a stranger to nightmares, Lucien knows that it must be because of the events of the day knocking on her subconscious.
When Baski and the slave, Sally, came back from herb-hunting, they'd taken Danika back to her room and applied the herbs. She was supposed to stay in her room, but noises are always too much in the other sides of the palace.
Baski had implored him to let Danika sleep in his chambers, and she'd promised to stay a room away so that she'll be available if she's needed in the middle of the night.