Fortunately for Ethea, she didn't have to endure the suffocating silence much longer.
The door swung open, and Lady Clara and Seria stepped into the room, followed closely by Chief Healer Aris and his assistant.
"Good morning."
As usual, they greeted each other, and Lady Clara took Ethea out of the room, leaving the others alone with Soren.
As the door clicked shut, the lingering tension in the air finally began to dissipate. The sudden shift in the room's dynamic provided the perfect window, and so, Soren chose that exact moment to 'wake up.'
He let out a low grunt, rubbing his eyes as if the growing morning light was blinding him. Looking up, his gaze drifted between the Seria and the elderly man dressed in high-tier medical robes whom he had never seen before.
"Morning," Soren murmured, his voice slightly rough from feigned sleep.
"Good morning, Mr. Soren," Seria replied, giving him a polite, measuring nod.
