Leave My Palace!

"Huh?"

Hearing the sweet little voice speak behind her made Anna halt in her step. The little voice repeated itself in her ears, leaving Anna's already big eyes to go bigger as the realization hit her.

Did Gemma just speak??

Turning around to look at her, Gemma was back to laying on her bed, and her gaze was fixated on the book she was playfully sketching on. Only when Anna turned around did the little one raise her head from the book to look at her.

"Did...did you say something?" Anna asked with a hopeful glint in her eyes, waiting for Gemma to say just anything in response, but unfortunately, the little one just stared blankly at her, tilting her head to the side while her lips remained shut.

From her reaction, she seemed clueless and didn't look like she understood what Anna had just asked, leaving the little hope that built itself in Anna's heart to quickly dissolve into nothing.