Immerline plopped down the hammock like kelp inside Naila’s room.
‘Are we done? I want to go out,’ Immerline whined.
Naila put away the stone tablets they used for lessons.
‘What could be more important than our lessons that you are itching to leave?’ Naila asked.
Immerline looked at her with a sheepish grin.
‘You know I want to explore what’s up there,’ she said, pointing her index finger up.
‘What more can you possibly explore when you already did?’ Naila paused as she narrowed her eyes on the princess.
‘Perhaps it’s because of the handsome stranger that you watch all the time?’
She asked, and then Immerline shyly looked away. Her freckled cheeks blushed as she thought about the handsome man. Naila smiled, and she took Immerline’s hand, holding it in hers.
‘Immerline,’
Immerlin
