Chapter 43 Kids fight
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The next day in the lab, I was hard at work when I realized Becky was staring at
“What’s wrong?” I asked, and I smoothed my hair down. “Is my hair sticking straight up or something? Do I have something in my teeth?”
“No, no,” Becky assured me, but her expression said otherwise. “Did you have some trouble sleeping last night?”
“How did you know?” I wondered.
“Your eyes are swollen,” my assistant pointed out gently. Heat spread to my cheeks, and I took my protective goggles off. I was hoping it wasn’t that noticeable, but apparently, that wasn’t the case.
After I’d gotten Finnick to sleep, I’d gone to my own bed and cried into the early hours of the morning. Hearing about Marco and the way Asher had used him to mourn my loss had been such a heavy burden to learn about, and I wasn’t processing it well.
But I couldn’t think of that now. There was too much work to be done.
“Anyway,” I said slowly, and then I shifted the subject. “Becky, have you found anything more about Udosyn?”
I likely knew the answer, but I couldn’t help but ask anyway. Becky and I had checked all of the medical books that the royal healers had access to, but there was
no mention of Udosyn.
But surprisingly, Becky didn’t say no straight away.
“Becky?” I prompted her again. “What is it?”
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she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. “It might be a
matter,” I assured her. “Any bit of information
I’ve heard the name
I leaned back against the counter behind. me and crossed
told me when I was young,” Becky replied, and then she cleared her throat. “I was so little when I heard it that I had to make sure I wasn’t- imagining it. So, I went and spoke with my mother this morning. She told me that
lost,” I admitted.
created by an academy of sorcery known as Ewonmiams. They were infamous for creating different kinds of poisons and drugs. Apparently, Udosyn was their most successful and dangerous one.”
remarked, and my eyebrows knitted together. “How did
tucked a lock of dark red hair behind her ear. “I guess she read it in one of the books. But that was
know much of anything about sorcery. Not many people in Wegalla did either for that matter. All I could recall was mentions of it from
way I could try to find the book your mother talked about?” I
the royal family,” she replied with an apologetic glance.
visit.”
course. Things couldn’t be easy, especially here in Anemond. This place was full of secrets.
earnestly. “Seriously, Becky. I know it’s just a little information, but it might go a long way in helping us find the truth.”
moment, she reminded
laboratory flew open, and in burst Erika. The maid’s
she managed through heavy breath, and she took a moment to collect herself. “I’m
Erika,” I assured her, and I rushed over to her side. “What’s going on?
said. “I’m in a hurry and
for my tone to be so harsh,
maid revealed,
No.
No, no, no.
this would
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