[ To say she'd been confused was an understatement. Arriving at the castle had seen her needs tended to and almost every kindness shown; the only thing missing was her "groom". It didn't escape her notice that her questions about him were deflected at every turn. As the evening grew longer, she found herself worrying, thinking back to the children in the village, teasing and singing how she would be eaten.
It was a silly fear, and the attendants had helped to assuage it, but it was coming back, and she found her nerves building as she was wrapped in a robe and led to the tower.
At first, when she enters the room, she doesn't notice the shadows at the throne, only thinks it to be the light playing across the room. She glances back at the attendants, trying to hide her nerves. ]
Am I..supposed to be on the altar?
[ Tentative steps as she walks to it, running her fingers across the surface. An instinctive shudder slides up her arm and down her back as she does, and only when she looks up does she notice the shadows, the lights. A surprised gasp, and she catches herself in time to keep from jumping. ]
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It was a silly fear, and the attendants had helped to assuage it, but it was coming back, and she found her nerves building as she was wrapped in a robe and led to the tower.
At first, when she enters the room, she doesn't notice the shadows at the throne, only thinks it to be the light playing across the room. She glances back at the attendants, trying to hide her nerves. ]
Am I..supposed to be on the altar?
[ Tentative steps as she walks to it, running her fingers across the surface. An instinctive shudder slides up her arm and down her back as she does, and only when she looks up does she notice the shadows, the lights. A surprised gasp, and she catches herself in time to keep from jumping. ]
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