Chapter 69 North King’s request

CA SSANDRA

A gasp escaped me, and for a moment, I swore I was about to faint. My head spun and a huge knot formed in my stomach.

Had I heard the king correctly?

Emmett? My Emmett?

“I was devastated to hear that Emmett had passed away,” Kaleb continued without ski pping a beat. “But now I’ve found you. I thought it was a coincidence that your last name is also Keller, but then at the banquet, you said you were from the Wild Crawler Pack. Does that mean…”

His question trailed off and I knew I had to finally speak.

“Emmett was my husband,” I confirmed.

Kaleb nodded solemnly. “I figured as much.”

The room fell into silence as I processed all of this new information. Emmett had been to Yurene? He’d never mentioned he’d been to the North even once. In fact, most people in Wegalla never spoke about the North in general. Why had he gone there in the first place and what brought him to the former king of Yurene in the first place?

The room begin to tilt and I had to steady myself for a moment to keep from. swaying. Just when I thought I was past all of the secrets and mysteries, I was being dealt another.

Kaleb studied me but gave me a little bit to think about everything. I appreciated his patience, but I struggled to find the right words to say. I couldn’t betray too much. It would seem strange for a wife to know so little about her husband, though I could simply pass it off if I needed to.

Most importantly, I needed to find a way to convince Kaleb that my going to his country wasn’t a good idea.

“I’m not as talented a healer as Emmett was,” I said softly. “I want to help, but

won’t be able

ssandra,” Kaleb pleaded in

could protest further, my lips curled into a

got a distant look in his eyes. “My father first began to suffer some headaches. They were few at first, but then they began to progress and they became more frequent. His skin lost

and my eyes began to widen.

gestured at his forearms. “All along here. Just like the headaches, they were few at

I gasped.

Black marks.

that plagued Wild

Kaleb’s

at the sudden sound, and his lips parted, but he didn’t say

aside. I needed to act like the healer I

your father infected?” I asked him as I leaned forward. “And how?”

marks after he returned from the battlefield. Back then, Yurene was fighting against a

thought he was going to die, but then, he recovered almost overnight. It seemed to be a

marks began to

wondered and Kaleb shook his

that if left untreated for much longer, it may spread

spread instantly to Wegalla? And

asked. “Could you recognize what he used to treat your

the healers in Yurene could figure out what it is. I didn’t bring it with me or else

territory and

I knew, Kaleb’s father could have been the first one infected with the disease.

ad

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255