✧THE MORNING AFTER✧
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The following morning, Rhea hadn't felt this exhausted since the final days of her NEWTS. The nap in the common room with the rest of her seventh-year classmates had been a blessing and a half. Yet now as moved around all the kinks and quirks allowed the stiffness to reawaken.
Upon rising up, she struggled to cover her decency as she replayed everything that occurred the previous night. But better yet, she began rolling around the newly placed ring on her finger. The significance had rewarmed her heart in recall of the words he whispered when placing it on her.
The smile playing her lips had blossomed, especially when she caught Alphard's figure sleeping beside her. His hair sprawled out onto the pillow, he looked peaceful. And in an attempt to remain quiet, she returned back down to lay beside him.
Taking in his physic, he was simply on his back, his face turned towards her—While his arms were resting on his stomach now that she wasn't snuggled up against him. She still felt the tempted heat that they shared during the night.
And in a moment to distract her from those lingering thoughts, she took a first look around the room, which seemed much larger now that it was lit up from the natural sunlight.
Her curiosity had ignored the better part of her exhaustion, and she was willing to remain awake to satisfy what hadn't been explored in her worries.
It was then that she felt the damning feeling of needing to use the loo, she cringed at the thought of needing to move or even waking him up. But the demand seemed to be getting louder the more she tried to ignore it, and thus she slipped out of bed and hurried into the restroom.
Upon closing the main door leading to the bedroom she sighed in relief, the moment alone had been needed. And as she trudged off towards the loo, she realized all too suddenly that she was indeed bare.
Rubbing her eyes and using the spare rag, she had dampened it to clean up the better part of her neck and face. It wasn't until the soft plopping of footsteps had caught her attention.
An elf had appeared with a bundle of folded clothes. She must be delivering them to the closet.
"Er—Hello." She greeted, and the little one bowed.
"Guten Morgen, meine Herrin. Frühstück?" [Good morning my mistress. Breakfast?]
Hera sighed in a bit of frustration, it was much too early to translate English let alone German.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand..." She said with fallen shoulders, the elf tilted their head and nodded before popping out of the room. Rhea was left by herself and bare, wondering what elf had taken from that interaction.
But Betty had popped in soon enough.
"Good Mistress is awake! We bring you breakfast?"
"I um...I think I'm going to get some more rest actually. Thank you, Betty. Is this Alphard's closet?"
"Yes mistress, Master has us make space for sweet mistress. I take care of trunk, come see!" Rhea was led into the closet, she hadn't realized that the elves had done this after her bath. But she was thankful to see all the clothes out on display and then some.
"Was this all in my trunk?"
"No mistress, Mistress Malfoy have me bring it to manor before the wedding." She said while snapping her fingers together, allowing the hanger to reveal another nightgown and she was thankful for the offer and threw it over her head and swiped a pair of panties to cover up.
"Goodnight mistress, Master tells me that I will help Mistress every day."
"Thank you lovely, I'll see you in a bit." She cooed went back towards the sink to check her appearance.
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Fanfiction[BOOK ONE] As a freshly graduated Ravenclaw, Rhea Lestrange wasn't faced with just any decision--Her family saw it as an opportunity to find her a betrothed. Marriage was the last thought on her mind, her aspiration of being a healer had been comple...
