ARIELLE
I set my book aside with a long sigh, rubbing the spot between my eyebrows to smooth away the frown that had practically taken permanent residence there as of late.
Turning my head to the right, I forced a smile. "Melena? Did you want to tell me something?"
Her face lit up with barely contained excitement as she held out the glossy pamphlet she'd been fidgeting with all this time.
"You are going, right, Ri-Ri?"
I sighed again, snatching the pamphlet from her tiny hands with an annoyed click of my tongue. My eyes skimmed over the elegant lettering for a few moments before I tossed it aside and nodded.
"Yes, I suppose I have to."
"The Royal Hunt…" Melena breathed dreamily, sprawling across the couch in my room. "Doesn't it sound like a fairytale? Will you hunt, too?"
"I'm not sure," I said, still turning her question over in my mind. "But I'd like to go horseback riding in the woods."
