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

I assured her. “Any bit

name Udosyn before,” she revealed. “From a story anyway.”

I repeated back, and then I leaned back against

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 she couldn’t remember it clearly either, but after a while, she told

I

it, Udosyn was created by an academy of sorcery known as Ewonmiams. They

remarked, and my eyebrows knitted together. “How did your mother know

her ear. “I guess she

was mentions of it from historical books. See, sorcery had been wiped out of the continent centuries

the book your mother talked about?” I

the royal family,” she replied with an apologetic glance. “You’d need permission from the Alpha King

visit.”

again. Of course. Things couldn’t be easy, especially here in Anemond. This place was full of

a little information, but it might go a long way

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

the laboratory flew open, and in burst Erika. The maid’s

ssandra,” she managed through heavy breath, and she took a moment to collect herself. “I’m so

rushed over to her side. “What’s going on? You

am,” Erika said. “I’m in a hurry

you mean?” I demanded. I hadn’t meant for my tone to be so harsh, but I

Prince Marco,” the maid revealed, and panic

No.

No, no, no.

knew this

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