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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up the bridge of her nose. “It might be a mistake or a bad note-”

assured her. “Any bit

that I’ve heard the name Udosyn before,”

then I leaned back against the counter

throat. “I was so little when I heard it that I had to make sure I wasn’t- imagining it. So, I

lost,” I admitted.

created by an academy of sorcery known as Ewonmiams. They were infamous for creating different kinds of poisons and

I remarked, and my eyebrows knitted together. “How did your mother know about this?”

lock of dark red hair behind her ear. “I guess she read it in one of the books. But that

mentions of it from

I could try to find the book your

by the royal family,” she replied with an apologetic

visit.”

be easy, especially here in Anemond. This place was full of

just a little information, but it might go a long way in helping

she offered me a smile. For a moment, she reminded me of Marley. My

my work, the doors of the laboratory flew open, and in burst Erika. The maid’s normally kind eyes were frantic, and her hair was falling out of

and she took a moment to collect herself. “I’m

assured her, and I rushed over to her side. “What’s going on? You seem

“I’m in a hurry and you need to be as well.”

to be so harsh, but I was getting scared by the look

Marco,” the maid revealed, and panic

No.

No, no, no.

knew this would happen.

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