and comfortable looking bed, the covers thrown off her small body and her long blonde hair everywhere with some drool on her lips like she usually was right before he woke her up, but instead found that she was already awake and dressed. She was sitting on the edge of her bed, a large leather tome open on her lap and reading out loud to a small black haired girl who sat on the floor in front of her. Richard hadn't seen this girl before but he recognized the color of the