Lauralye nodded when Robert told her she needed sleep. She took his hand and sniffled, rubbing under her eyes with her free hand. Once they were alone in her room she turned into him, resting her head on his chest and sobbed. She hated what her father had made her do. Her mother was taken from her but she sent her father away and that seemed to hurt all the more. She didn't look up at Robert when her crying seemed to quiet, "Will you stay with me?" She asked as though he had not been sleeping on the floor or couch in her room and even sometimes in the hall outside since they left the palace, "Will... you... sleep in my bed with me?" She asked quietly, "I don't want to be alone..."