Chapter Thirty-Four

They stayed in the Valley for two days before Lyda and Adea's parents made it themselves, but for the first night, Adea was kept in the village's healing ward, where she endured the most uncomfortable night she had ever been through. She had never been treated for physical injuries before, but she was still amazed by how skillful the healers were, and it made her question how her own sister could ever consider hurting anyone, or anything.

The healers were much cheerier than she expected, constantly telling her how tough she was, which made Adea smile amidst her pain. However, she soon realized that they were only trying to keep her calm when they finally told her that her rib bone had suffered a clean break but fortunately did not appear to have punctured her lungs or heart. They said that the best she could do was take it easy and wait for the bones to heal.