Shadows can heal too

A New Chapter

Bianca groaned and stretched her joints the moment she heard intense knocking on the door. She opened it, and saw a redhead with an ivory kefta along with some of her staff, based on what she assumed. They, except for the grisha, led her to the bathroom.

"Please don't touch me," she shrugged the servants who tried to undress her. "I can bathe myself, thank you"

She shut the door and enjoyed the cold water hitting her body. Once she got out, with a white robe wrapped around her, she looked around, and all the staff were eyeing her and whispering to each other.

"I'd assume she's from Fjerda if not for the red hair"

'Shadow hold it, I'm pretty sure they're spies for the queen'

'Fine fine, bloody hell'

"Out!" The grisha commanded, and the rest exited the room without a word, leaving the 2 grisha alone.

"After I got Miss Starkov ready, I'd expected more work, Genya Safin"

"Pleasure, Bianca Taylor"

"Bianca Taylor? As in the General of the first army?"

"Yep, but call me Bianca. thanks for getting rid of them by the way"

"My pleasure, they're just spies for the queen. Now, I'll just dry your hair and freshen up your face a bit"

Genya then started to work on Bianca's dark circles and dried her hair, and the faint scar that was on her arm due to the test. She added a bit of blush to her cheeks, and a reddish glossy sheer tint to her lips. Bianca tied her hair and looked at herself in amazement

"Woah, thank you, you're a tailor aren't you?"

"No worries, yes I'm a tailor"

"So that's how you're saving the queen from her wrinkles"

"I wasn't expecting this pretty face to have brains as well"

"What does that supposed to mean?!" Bianca gasped dramatically. silence. Genya and Bianca then burst out laughing.

"I can tell, we'll be great friends"

"I hope so, but why am I getting all fancy?"

"You and the sun summoner are to meet King Pyotr, the general wants you two to look presentable"

Bianca groaned in annoyance. "What's the point? I see him every week"

"He sees every new grisha, and he expects you two particularly to be there in an hour."

"I'd rather a volcra to look at me than the way he does"

"The poor volcra" Genya's comment made them laugh for a good while

"Am I entitled to a kefta yet?"

"Yours is ready, but you'll receive it once the king has seen your powers. I'm quite surprised, Alina was a nervous wreck. You're oddly comfortable"

"I've trained to use my powers before the general found out, so I'll be fine for the most part"

"You're telling me the whole story later, now let's go"

Bianca followed Genya to Alina's room, her golden 3 star badge shining against the sunlight on her first army uniform. As Alina exited the room, she gave Bianca a stare, a stare filled with anxiety and dismal.

"Alina, you'll be fine" reassured Bianca

"Bianca I've been a grisha for a day, you haven't!"

"Alina you will be fine, the king won't expect from you to master your powers from day 1, he'll think that the general was hiding you"