The following week went rather quickly as Rowan worriedly checked on Nadira. Less but still a light shade of pink, Nadira was still sleeping all the time and had yet to shed her first skin. But according to everything Rowan had been reading it was normal for magical snakes to sleep for long periods of time until they were ready to shed their first skin. She'd merely have to patiently wait until Nadira either said she was hungry or shed her first skin.