Raining More Than Ever

Reila was hesitant to enter the suite, and even then chose to remain by the door, noted easily by the perceptive queen going about her redecorating. The woman still hadn't truly incorporated herself into pack life with Fenmyre, hovering just on the fringes and not interacting with many of the others, if any at all. Initially, Aliana hadn't held it against the fae; she was a recently freed slave, that mindset was hard to break. She understood since it was something she was still struggling with from time to time herself. Freedom felt like a foreign concept, an odd sound in her brain. It took a lot to truly free someone. Although I suppose late night massages and extended hunting trips with someone else's mate tend to loosen one up... she thought with a bit of enmity, though whether it was directed toward Reila or Chimera, she didn't know. All she knew was that the stranger had washed up on their shores and immediately taken to the king. Being the dutiful woman she was, Ali held her tongue and said nothing. But she noticed everything.

When questioned about her leg, Aliana was pleased to watch Reila demonstrate the range of movement she had regained. An earnest smile touched her lips, glad to see her patient recovering. There had been a moment near the beginning where she dreaded the possibility of needing to amputate the leg, but fortunately it had healed well. "Good! I'm glad to see you recovering." Aliana didn't need to ask any follow up questions around Reila's presence, since the woman launched straight into an explanation of why she was here. She'd been having nightmares, and Chimera had told her to come seek the healer out. Aliana paused for but a second mid-arrangement of some stems of jasmine, biting her tongue again. Calm... Composure... She took a slow breath and glanced back to Reila once more, putting on her medic hat and shifting into work mode.

"Oh dear... Nightmares are unpleasant business." Aliana abandoned her work and came closer to Reila, leaving a respectful amount of space between the two ladies. She couldn't do a thorough exam from this far, but she didn't need to. Nightmares and night terrors were a plague of the mind anyway. Ali furrowed her brow and looked over the larger wolf with concern painting her features. She didn't want to ask to know how Chimera knew about these nightmares, though she had a suspicion that it was where the bites to her mate's neck had come from following their hunting trips. At least they came from a nightmare and not from other things... "How long have you been having nightmares for? Are they occurring every night?"

"Aliana"