The cart of food was taken away from the chamber shortly after it arrived and Rosalind's stomach grumbled immediately in protest.
"Lady Rosalind will be observing a fast today. There will be no need for food," one of the Veiled Sisters, Catherine, informed calmly before the doors were shut once again.
The sisters had now instructed her to pray while they continued their endless humming and chanting around her like some strange ritual was being performed.
Everything about this was beginning to frustrate Rosalind, yet she knew she could not throw them out because Alaric would certainly punish her for it.
So instead, Rosalind closed her eyes and tried to pray silently.
She prayed for herself.
She prayed for mother.
She even found herself praying for Rowan.
Yet every single time she was close to completing a thought, the loud humming of the sisters interrupted her concentration and she found herself sighing inwardly in annoyance.
