Feeding Bonds and Unspoken Tensions

Estella hesitated momentarily before nodding gently. Seeing her admitting to it, Lucian frowned. “Why didn’t you tell me?” Estella shuddered and inched closer to Roxanne, feeling frightened. Roxanne cast Lucian another displeased glance when she saw Estella’s reaction. The kid’s injured. How could he still speak to her in such a tone? “Does it hurt a lot?” Retracting her gaze, Roxanne held Estella’s hand and massaged it gently. Estella pursed her lips and nodded. “You’ll be fine. I’ll help you to apply medicine. It won’t hurt in a while.” Roxanne gently released Estella’s hand and instructed her boys, “Keep her company. I’ll get the medical kit.” The boys nodded immediately and started taking turns telling Estella some interesting things.. Soon. Roxanne returned with the medical kit, and she carefully applied some medicinal cream onto Estella’s hand. Estella was well-behaved throughout the entire process. When it hurt, she would only shrink away a little and would quickly place her han