Chp 11 Pt. 4 The Elf Realm

Maliyah

As usual I wake up before dawn from my nightmare, but at least the screaming has stopped. I hate waking others up over a nightmare. It’s really cruel to have to relive my sister’s death over and over for the past six years. The only time I can get a good nights rest is if I have Dimitri spell me to sleep, but he said it’s not good for the mind to not heal from it’s trauma so he doesn’t do it often.

Normally I loath getting up so early cause I can never get back to sleep, but today I don’t mind. I am standing on the balcony attached to my room, drinking some coffee the kitchen staff kindly made for me. I’ve been sitting here for the past hour just listening to nature as the sun rises.

There is an easel set up here with plenty of paint, but all I have done is stare at it. I haven’t painted since the war ended. I just haven’t had the inspiration, but somet