pampered like a queen

Aliana had been mostly going through the motions on her own accord in the past few weeks following the loss of her children. Chimera had done everything he could to care for her, doing all he could to comfort her and nurse her back to life. He'd changed her life by asking her to take his name and be his queen—Aliana Cadence Klein. After that night, Ali had slowly begun returning to life. It was a challenging time for her, but she just kept telling herself that she had survived the ordeal for a reason. Death hadn't taken her away yet, so she had to continue on. The endless night made keeping hope and happiness alive a difficult task, especially with all the death and despair around them, but she had to support her mate and her friends. It was all she'd known in life and all she knew how to help.

The clouded gray fae had been doing her best to try and get back into her normal routines. She'd started tending to her plants again, straightening up her study, tidying her shared bedroom with Chimera. That was what she'd been doing when a gentle knock on the bedroom door caught her attention, taking her away from making the bed. Siren's dulcet tones called out to her from the other side. Aliana didn't know about the guilt Siren carried, but she did know that she hadn't seen the fair queen since the birth of Dalila's daughter, having spent all of her time sequestered away in misery. She really should have let the others know she was still alive...

Gliding gracefully across the floor, Aliana slid open the bedroom door and greeted her queen with a small smile and a bow of her head. Wait, was that considered redundant now that she was supposed to be a queen as well? Was she a queen yet? Was there some sort of ceremony she had to perform with Chimera? Oh, becoming a queen was so much more confusing than being a servant had been! "Oh, hello, Lady Siren," she spoke softly, suddenly painfully aware from Siren's regal beauty that she hadn't done much proper grooming or tending to her coat for some time. Her cheeks burned and ears folded in embarrassment. "Forgive me, I must look a sight. Was there something you needed, Your Grace?" Speaking, another thing Ali hadn't done much of in weeks, was still coming back to her, but she was grateful for the chance to use her voice once more.

"Aliana"