(Next morning)
I open my eyes, and they are immediately swimming with tears. My stomach feels like someone took a tiny, razor-sharp wire and tied an angry, pulsing knot inside it. My lower back? It feels like I spent the entire night sleeping flat on a jagged rock.
It... it hurts so bad! It is definitely, without a doubt... my periods.
I instantly clutch the heavy blanket around me, desperately trying to hide all the clothes I might have ruined before I even fully woke up. I peek around the room through bleary eyes, panicked that Kael or Grandpa might have seen me.
Fortunately, both of them are facing the door, standing perfectly still like statues.
Grandpa's deep voice rumbles through the room. "Seems like you are awake, child. Do not worry, we have already summoned Miss Lowfen here. She will be inside the room shortly."
