THE FINAL BATTLE (18)

All the little girls refused to be cleaned when they arrived in Iris's bedroom. She got a nice bedroom of the queen, which meant, previously it was Della's bedroom.

It was spacious enough to accommodate all of them and they could see the garden from there. This was the second best bedroom after the king's, which of course was occupied by Decratic.

However, after Iris convinced them and healed some of their wound, they relented and finally cleaned themselves and now, they looked pretty and smelled good.

Yet, they became terrified, because usually whenever they were clean, something horrible would happen to them.

Iris's heart ached for them. She could see the trauma in their eyes and it reflected her own. She could see how scared and helpless they were and it felt like she was seeing herself.

"It's okay… No one will hurt you. Stay close to me, okay…" Iris kissed them all and healed their wounds.