Rufus' POV:

Just as Kyle was about to be strangled to death, Flora stepped forward to stop me.

"Prince Rufus, please calm down," she pleaded. "If you kill him, we'll lose our only lead. I want him dead, too. But we need to find the antidote first. Maybe we can start with the black market and look for the person who sold him the poison." "Yes, I... I'll talk..." Kyle struggled to speak.

Finally, I loosened my grip and let him go. He collapsed to the ground and coughed, out of breath.

"Lock him up and interrogate him," I ordered my men, massaging my wrist.

While they took Kyle away, I also sent for someone to sniff around the black market for clues.

completely trust whatever Kyle said under interrogation.

to the hospital, it was already dusk. A day had passed, yet

and weaker by the minute, which made me want to jump off a cliff and into a pool of despair. I sat by her bed in silence, holding her cold hand tightly. I had never felt so useless in

will be fine," Flora said softly, trying to comfort me. "The doctors have been studying

head and pressed my lips against the back of

she burst into tears. "Sylvia wasn't able to celebrate your birthday with you. She felt really guilty about that, so she secretly learned how to bake. She wanted you to enjoy a birthday cake she made every year from now on. She loves you so much. How could she be willing to leave you alone in

trembled, and a heart-wrenching pain swept over every fiber

uncontrollably. In the end, she couldn't help but run out of the ward in tears. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest

ECG monitor could be heard in

own, so she had been hooked onto an oxygen machine. Her pale, sunken

my world the first time I saw you. Your name is engraved in my soul. So don't you dare try to dump me. I'll let you sleep for a

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