Evaline:
The knocking came again.
It wasn't too loud, nor too demanding. Just... patient.
Dragging myself out of bed felt like moving through molasses. My limbs were heavy, sore, and weighed down by more than just sleep.
When I cracked the door open, the coomon room light spilled into my dark room, and I found myself looking at two very familiar faces - Mallory and Kyros'.
Mallory's eyes immediately narrowed on my face. Her gaze scanned over my half-asleep, half-broken expression, taking in the dampness around my eyes, the sag in my shoulders, and the silence in my throat.
"Oh, babe," she said softly, "Did we wake you? You already went to bed?"
I gave a faint nod and rubbed the heel of my palm against my eye, trying to rub the weariness away. "Yeah... I was just resting," I murmured.
She tilted her head as she asked, "Are you okay? Did you eat dinner at least?"
