Chapter 71 Until You Wake: A Love That Defies Healing

• Mixarnt’s body had been moved to the Castle Dominion, where the Healing Saints rotated their shifts to tend to his recovery. Yet, despite their skill and diligence, everyone agreed it was Aelries who truly became his anchor. She never once left his room. She ate all her meals there, sat by his side from dawn until dusk, and even slept beside him every night—her body gently pressed to his under the covers to share warmth. After all, Mixarnt had lost a great deal of blood, and she was determined to do anything—anything—to help him heal faster.
• So constant was her presence, so attentive her care, that even the Healing Saints—especially Saint Clarice—began to remark with fond smiles that Aelries was acting less like a girlfriend and more like a devoted wife.
• “Aelries... Aren’t you, I don’t know... acting a bit too much like his wife?” Altina asked awkwardly, standing at the doorway, blinking in disbelief.