The Real Heiress Rules the World

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Lucas was in a full–blown panic. He quickly pulled out the fever–reducing roots he’d prepared earlier, smashed them against a rock, and squeezed out the juice to feed to Sloane. Then, using a large lotus leaf filled with warm water, he soaked a cloth and began cooling her down–over and over again.

But after several hours, her fever still hadn’t gone down.

In fact, it had only worsened. Watching her murmur incoherently in her unconscious state, Lucas gritted his teeth, tore off his shirt, and pulled her tightly into his arms, using his own body to bring her temperature down.

His skin trembled against the cold night air, but he didn’t care.

He just held her tighter.

Her body was burning up, like a furnace. His body heat was the only thing keeping hers from climbing even higher.

Lucas’s heart pounded violently. He pressed his palm gently to her forehead, feeling the searing heat beneath her skin; pain clawed at his chest.

“Sloane, you have to pull through…” he whispered hoarsely, his voice catching in his throat.

He rested her head carefully on his shoulder, both arms wrapped tightly around her.

gods or prayers his entire life—but in that moment, he silently

crawled by. His limbs had long gone numb from the cold, but he refused to let go of her. Not even for a second. Eventually, her fevered heat

He continued cooling her down,

exhaustion win.

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of the night, the fever finally broke. Sloane drifted into a calm, restful

the haze. Her eyelids felt like they were weighted with a

entire body ached like it had been crushed, and her arm throbbed with waves of

voice was

head jerked up, eyes still clouded with fatigue and alertness.

to steady her by the shoulders. “Don’t

She looked at Lucas’s bare upper body… then glanced

line of sight, Lucas looked down at himself too–shirtless–and explained, “Your clothes were

worry, I had my eyes closed

growing quieter the more