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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bridge of her nose. “It might be a mistake or a bad

I assured her. “Any

I’ve heard the name

leaned back against the counter behind.

make sure I wasn’t- imagining it. So, I

lost,” I admitted.

story, as my mom remembers it, Udosyn was created

and my eyebrows knitted together. “How

an assistant in the royal library,” my assistant answered, and she tucked a lock of dark red hair behind her ear. “I guess she read it in one

recall was mentions of it from historical books. See, sorcery had been wiped out of the continent centuries ago because people believed

I could try to find the book your

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

visit.”

course. Things couldn’t be easy, especially here in

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

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

of the laboratory flew

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

and I rushed over to

said. “I’m

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

maid revealed,

No.

No, no, no.

this

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