Chapter 23

• After nearly thirty minutes, Morvienne's lashes fluttered and she finally opened her eyes slowly, gazing ahead with a soft, unfocused stare, as though she still had so many thoughts deep inside her mind.
• She shifted in the bath, letting her body rise slightly as water rippled around her in small waves, spreading outward with the movement.
• Then she pressed her hands against the sides of the tub, and pushed herself upward, lifting her body carefully out of the warm water.