The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 57
Alan was out the door before I was.
Even in his wheelchair, he was fast. The guards swiftly replaced the chair with crutches so that he could move on uneven terrain, and I followed him out the door.
“Stay with the guards,” I commanded Theo. He nodded, his little face looking petrified, and I felt a stab of guilt that he had to experience all of this so frequently.
after Alan’s supposed death. We did not tell them a healer brought him back, instead we claimed that he never died in the first place, and that he was broken, but his heart never stop
ing of a worst case scenario. What if she was shot by an arrow? What if whoever wrote that note was angry with me for ripping it up? Was she “eaten whole by the snake?” That foul, god awful creature from my nightmare. My subconscious was too dumb to deem it as an obvious metaphor; I was hon
ned; we searched through the training grounds then eventually laced through the woods.
a horrible feeling in my stomach. This was highly uncharacteristic of my sister; her daily routine consisted of waking up at noon, powdering and painting her face, eating lunch with a glass of white wine, sitting in the garden, writing in her diary until dinner, taking care of Theo, going to bed
side of the estate; she always told me or offered for
to comprehend. Delicate, daisy frolicing Danika—somewhere in the woods? Possibly injured somewhere in the dirt? I could not even imagine my pretty, prim sister in those conditions.
red the woods. We did a perimeter of the mouth of the woods surrounding the estate, but discovered no traces of her. Alan looked to be in immense pain exploring on t
didn’t hear what his words were, for they sounded like they were far away. Alan and I rushed over to where the guard
e fallen leaves.
t.
ika,” I cried out. He pressed his fingers against the inside of her wr
chalk pale.
deep in a sleep.
as killed.
medic immediately stepped forward to examine her, and we stood up to get
as the medic checked her vitals. I looked to Alan anxiously, my heart pounding so ha
clared that she was stable, just merely unconscious for some unidentified reason
“but she’s okay.”
ever saw would know what I meant.
d to.
lled my eyes, not even affected by it anymore.
ed.
ister in a state like that.
ere capable of.
t. They were now threateni
d, scratching through my hair furiously.
ment guy?”
d of mine; only the perpetual rise and fall of anger.
***
sister’s bedside the entire afternoon, waiting for her to wake up from whatever state sh
staring at the wall adjacent to us.
emed exhausted.
“We can’t keep living like this,” I said while sh
uced a complete stranger to our home,” he mu
for years. He taught me everything I’ve ever known,” I reminded him, “try to remember, he saved your damn life.”
ng so defensive then?” he questioned doubtedly.
retorted, “He’s been here a day and is everyone’s sudd
Aldrich.”
cheat. He knows how hard it was just for me to open up to him, a handsome prince. The standard doesn’t get any higher than that.”
ellow,” Alan reminded me through narrow
his face.
up at us with blinking, dazed e
urfaced from a dream.
e?”
wned. “What do you mean?”
she frowned back, “where am I?”