[b]Sylvia stayed in the library for some time before she calmed enough to think straight. There was a dull ache in her chest as she dragged herself to her feet & righted her footing, the woman's body still swaying from exhaustion. Well, she couldn't stay in the library forever.

Quietly, the elf walked back to her bedroom, thankfully finding it empty, except for Hoppy. Sylvia climbed into her bed with her rabbit & rested her eyes, trying not to think of her fight with Aranhil. Just laying there helped a bit, & at supper, she told the maid that she felt too ill to go eat, knowing she'd have to face her husband if she went to the dinner table.

Hopefully, Aranhil would have enough sense to leave her alone for a while. Where did he get off thinking that she would be so obedient, anyway? The reason elves didn't go to war often was because they settled things [i]peacefully[/i], & respected one another as equals. If her husband thought that she was going to settle as being lesser than him, he had another thing coming.[/b]