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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her glasses up the bridge of her nose. “It might be

assured her. “Any bit

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

I repeated back, and then I leaned back against the counter behind. me and crossed my arms. “What

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 me that she thinks Udosyn was actually the name of the

I

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

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

be 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 of the books. But that was many years ago. She couldn’t

about it. I didn’t know much of anything about sorcery. Not many people in Wegalla did either for that matter. All I could recall was mentions of it from

I could try to find the book your mother talked about?” I wondered, but Becky

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

visit.”

Of course. Things couldn’t be easy, especially

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

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

flew open, and

a moment to collect herself.

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

“I’m in a hurry and you need

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

the maid revealed, and panic flooded

No.

No, no, no.

this would

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