MILDRED "So, what is your favourite food?" I asked once Morpheus agreed to eat with me. I let him eat a little more food before I asked him the question. He eyed me and dipped his bread into the soup. I waited for his reply. "I do not have a favourite meal," he replied coldly.
MILDRED "Princess?" he called, his brows furrowed and his jaw clenched. "What the heck are you doing here?" I took his hand away from my neck. "I came to spend time with you. It is what husbands and wives do, isn't it?" His face became clouded with embarrassment, and he lowered his gaze t
MILDRED Another day went by, and there was no sign of Morpheus. I kept waiting in the bar for him and searching in the marketplace for him, but he was nowhere to be found. I went back to the place I found him working, but he did not show up either. "Are you still looking for the burly
"So, do you plan to follow this man everywhere for the rest of your life? A man who travels around doing nothing has nothing to offer you. Is this the life you want to live? Do you want to become a fugitive?" I paused my lips. Gregor was right. What was ahead of me with Morpheus? I had grown attac
MILDRED "Forget we had any discussion last night; I was drunk and did not know what I was saying to you." "But I know you are genuinely hurt, and I am sincerely trying to help." "It does not give you any right to tell the woman what I told you, and she does not have the right t
MORPHEUS "Morpheus," my mother called. My mother was glowing, surrounded by a bright light that made it difficult for me to behold her. She reached out a hand to me, but when I reached out to hold her, I could not. It was as if she was a figment of my imagination. "It is time for you
"What is it? Are you alright?" he asked. "No... yes. I am fine. I thought I heard someone out here." Gregor looked at me for a short while. "Mildred, you know it is dangerous to go in there alone, right?" "I was just checking the place out." "Come here," Gregor said, pulling m
MILDRED The night was getting interesting, and I was getting tipsy. The gentlemen surrounding me and Gregor were fine men, and they spoke of trade and businesses. I love listening to anything that does not belong to royalty and how I am supposed to be a woman, so I enjoyed their conversation