Aris didn’t wait for me to open the door, it was as though he could instinctively feel which one separated him from his daughter. It was open within seconds, but for the first time in two weeks, I could not hear Eleanor’s cries coming from the room.
Laureen and Rosella bowed for their king and then quickly hurried out the room. I gave them both a thankful smile and closed the door behind them. Aris barely noticed any of it of course, he was more focussed on the bassinet beside my bed.
“I thought we agreed that you wouldn’t do any growing without me there.” He softly said to Eleanor as he picked her up from the bassinet. She looked at him with big eyes. The silence in the room was like music to my ears. Finally, she wasn’t crying and upset anymore. She didn’t even seem that affected by
