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-”

her. “Any bit of information

I’ve heard the name Udosyn before,” she revealed. “From a

I repeated back, and then I leaned back against the

“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

lost,” I admitted.

my mom remembers it, Udosyn was created by an academy of sorcery known as Ewonmiams. They were infamous for creating different kinds of

eyebrows knitted together. “How

dark red hair behind her ear. “I guess she read it in one of the books. But that was many years ago. She couldn’t remember the rest

recall was mentions of it from historical books. See, sorcery had

your mother talked about?” I wondered, but Becky shook her

an apologetic glance. “You’d need

visit.”

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

earnestly. “Seriously, Becky. I know it’s just a little information, but it might go a long way in helping

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

the laboratory flew open, and in burst Erika.

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

assured her, and I rushed over

Erika said. “I’m in a hurry and

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

Prince Marco,” the maid revealed, and panic flooded through

No.

No, no, no.

knew this would

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