[@Wick] Adelina stared at him as he walked out of the room, sputtering in outrage. She snatched up her stick but he had already left. He was lucky he gotten out of range before she had gathered her wits about her to grab her stick, because he definitely would have gotten a bonk on his head to knock some sense back into him. How [i]dare[/i] he. She was so flustered and [i]mad[/i] that she only said a terse [color=f7976a]"Thank you"[/color] to James when he brought her some water for her bath and locked herself in the bathroom. She soaked in the water until it turned cold and dragged herself out. It took a little finessing to get dressed and make it back to her room but she managed it. James had left before she had locked herself in the bathroom but he left a tray of food on her nightstand. She glanced over at the door and scowled, hobbling over to it. She locked the handle then latched the chain. She knew both Orren and James hand a spare key for every door in the house but it gave her some satisfaction that they would have to break the chain if they wanted to get in. She sat down on her bed and picked at her food, her appetite nearly non-existent. She sighed and left the tray, pulling back the covers and slipping beneath them. She sighed and closed her eyes, trying to relax enough to fall asleep. [hr] The next morning when James knocked on her door to tell her breakfast was ready, she was already up and dressed. She unlocked her door and marched, well [i]hobbled[/i], to the dining room where Orren was already seated at the table. She stopped in the doorway and stared him, hand not holding her walking stick clenched into a tight fist at her side. Her facial expression was controlled but barely and when she spoke her voice bespoke her anger. [color=f7976a]"I'm only going to say this once: Don't you [i]ever[/i] presume that the only reason I care about your well-being is because [i]you pay me[/i] because if that's what you think then you are sorely mistaken. James, I'll be taking my breakfast in my room please."[/color] With that she turned and left the room. [hr] A week passed and Adelina had been taking all of her meals in her room. She was also avoiding Orren out of anger. Banned from cleaning by James because of her ankle, Adelina explored the castle. The library was still being painted so she couldn't hide away in there. Most days, when it wasn't snowing too hard, she spent her days in the garden. James had found her a sketchpad and some charcoal at her request so she sat on a bench and drew whatever came to mind. On that day, she was seated on a bench, humming to herself as she sketched a squirrel foraging around for food. As she drew, her humming soon turned into singing, a lullaby her mother used to sing to her spilling from her lips. [color=f7976a]"Lavender's blue, Dilly dilly, Lavenders green. When I am King, Dilly dilly, You shall be Queen. Who told you so, Dilly dilly, Who told you so? T'was my own heart, Dilly dilly, That told me so. Call up your men, Dilly dilly, Set them to work. Some to the plow, Dilly dilly, Some to the fork. Some to make hay, Dilly dilly, Some to cut corn. While you and I, Dilly dilly, Keep ourselves warm. Lavender's green, Dilly dilly, Lavender's blue. If you love me, Dilly dilly, I will love you. Let the birds sing, Dilly dilly, Let the lambs play. We shall be safe, Dilly dilly, Out of harms way. I love to dance, Dilly dilly, I love to sing. When I am Queen, Dilly dilly, You'll be my King. Who told me so, Dilly dilly, Who told me so? I told myself, Dilly dilly, I told me so."[/color] (Song she was singing and what her singing voice sounds like: https://youtu.be/egxhqVo81u8)