Rufus' POV:

I walked past Laura and Arron and went straight to Beryl's room. I opened the door and found her sleeping soundly on the bed.

According to the doctor, Beryl had used a lot of energy, but she would be fine as long as she had enough sleep. I sat on the edge of the bed and watched her sleep for a while.

In truth, I was expecting her to be awake by now. The encounter must have taken a great toll on her tiny body.

I had no idea how long I sat there, but soon, the door creaked open, and Laura walked in with Arron.

The little boy scrambled up the bed and peered at his sister. He held out his hand, then carefully poked her flushed cheek with his finger.

"Why is she not waking up?" Arron asked, looking up at me with worried eyes.

"Don't worry," I replied. "She's just sleeping. She needs to sleep a little bit more to recover." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

stay by her side until she wakes up." Arron crossed his arms over his chest, which made him look

hugged the boy from behind. "Now, dear, let's not disturb your sister while she rests, okay? Let's head to bed. Who knows, by the time you wake up, Beryl might

but he couldn't

took his hand and led him to the

room as well, and plopped down on the sofa in the

cup of black tea a

my mother finally appeared down

across from me and picked up her own cup of

found the

a bloodCurse on her." I took a deep breath as I finished. It was a short retelling of what had

elaborate on the events.

her expression sorrowful. "To think that she has gone through such horrors on her first trip to the imperial capital. It was a blessing that she survived." I couldn't help but smirk at

awkwardly jutted her chin out. "It's just that we get along really well. Even when we first met, it felt like we'd known each other for a long time. Besides,

children. They're so cute

simple, though?" I plastered a smile on my face and stared

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