Chapter 4: Life with the Collins (4)

"I just love how he is always glued to you," Hazel said, looking at little Elijah, who stood beside Alessandra as he watched the children play in the garden. He was the opposite of what everyone assumed a son of Edgar would be, but then again, she heard Edgar was quiet like this before he decided to mess with others. 

"I need to enjoy him loving being this close to me, but he needs to play with the other children. Elijah," Alessandra said, getting his attention. 

Elijah turned away from the boys playing to his mother, ready to hear what she wanted from him.

"You should go play with the prince. Tyrion has been looking forward to playing with you," Alessandra said, pointing to Prince Tyrion who was looking at Eli from afar. "I will be fine here with the queen. When you are finished, come back here for a bit of water, okay?"