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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said, and she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. “It might

her. “Any

I realized last night that I’ve heard the name Udosyn before,” she

and then I leaned back against the counter

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

I admitted.

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

my eyebrows knitted together. “How

the royal library,” my assistant answered, and she tucked a lock of dark red hair behind her ear. “I

that matter. All I could recall was mentions of it from historical books. See, sorcery had been

there a way I could try to find the book your mother talked about?” I wondered, but Becky shook her

an apologetic glance. “You’d need permission from the Alpha

visit.”

again. Of course. Things couldn’t be easy, especially

little information, but it might go

she reminded me of Marley. My heart ached. I missed

my work, the doors of the laboratory flew open, and in burst Erika. The maid’s

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

assured her, and I rushed over to

but I am,” Erika said. “I’m in a hurry and you need

tone to be so harsh, but I was getting

Prince Marco,” the maid revealed, and

No.

No, no, no.

this would happen.

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