126 A Dangerous Fall
"Freya?" Sebastian called when he entered the queen's chambers.
"A moment," she requested.
Freya was behind the changing screen in her room, checking her underskirt. She found the tiniest drop of blood and it confused her. She had been having the lightest monthly bleeds, they didn't even last more than a day.
She pulled off her underskirt and wore a clean camisole and slip.
"Mhm?" she smiled as if nothing was wrong, she didn't want to make Sebastian depressed and tell him of her cycle. It was just another reminder that she wasn't fulfilling her 'duty' as her mother would say.
Sebastian sat on the edge of the queen's large bed, he kicked off his boots and got comfortable.
"What's that?" Freya looked at the large chalice in his hand, filled with a woody smelling liquor.
"I'm not sure exactly," he said swirling the liquid around in the silver cup and taking a sip, "Your mother poured it for me. She says it's a Viridian brew..."