Chapter 134
Chapter 134 Another traitorous thing
Another night of rest followed by food was all Doris needed to feel okay again. Or, close enough to okay.
She was required to take it easy for at least another day and she couldn’tin about that. After the
the days of riding and then immediately falling sick, her body needed her to take it easy before it
copsed entirely.
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Desperately, she wanted to forget the dream that kept trying toe back to corrupt her mind whenever
she closed her eyes. Blood coated the walls around her all over again as if she was still in the room.
What did her dream mean? Was it some sort of warning, or just another ridiculous scene that came from
her deepest fears as William said?
It wouldn’t make sense for it to be a warning, William would never give up the crown for her and she
wouldn’t want him to. She didn’t see herself as a bride any time soon and Beth would have thrown a
parade if she knew that Doris was marrying a prince
-so what did it all mean?
Perhaps there was something deeper and darker inside her that had its own concerns.
Doris got up from her disastrous bed and changed out of her sweaty clothes. She wasn’t sure where
William had gone, but she was relieved to have a moment alone especially gayer the dream of him.
Cleaned up and somewhat fresh, she crept down the hall and peeked in on the room next to her own.
Enzoid in a deep sleep with a bit of sweat gleaming on his forehead. She heard him screaming in the
middle of the night, she wondered if he had already passed through his wretched dreams or if he was
still in the middle of one. William had said he was much sicker than she was, perhaps he would be out
another day because of it. Silently, she closed the door again.
The stairs creaked under her feet as she carefully made her way down the stairs. The house was quiet
with sleep and sickness, she wondered if anyone else had fallen ill while she was out. Were his guards
okay?
William sat at the kitchen table with his head bent over a book of some sort. His eyes snapped up to her
the second she stepped further into the room. They werepletely alone, surprisingly. It wasn’t even
night out yet. “You shouldn’t be up.” He said and closed what he was reading. Doris moved to sit across
from him.
“I didn’t want toy there anymore, it was making me stir crazy.” She sighed and leaned her head on her
palm. Her hair was a wild mess, but there were no signs of brushes anywhere nearby. Even William had
his hand tossed waves on full disy. She had to curl her fingers closed just to prevent herself from
running them through his soft hair. Oh yes, she was definitely feeling much better if she was just
thinking of his appearance rather than wanting to die.
“I just got some disturbing news.” William said lowly. He nced over his shoulder to confirm they were
alone.
Doris straightened in her chair and leaned closer to him. “Oh no, what happened? Did someone die in
the vige?” “No. Not yet, many of them are close to it, though.” William cleared his throat. “I had one of
my guards go ahead to the kingdom to see how people are holding up there and what we should expect.
He came back much faster than I expected him to with the news.”
“Oh no… what happened?” Doris reached across the table to grip his hand, he let her. A small bloom of
panic formed in her chest, she silently prayed that all the vigers at the castle were fine—as well as the
princes. “The sickness isn’t there. No one is sick there from this and they had no idea what he was
talking about when he asked around about it.” “What?” Doris furrowed her brows. “That makes no sense,
why would your pce send you a letter—“
It dawned on her right then, and something about his face made her realize that he already knew too.
“Luna Queen.” They said at the same time.
“Was this some sort of big set up? Why did she want you to race home for this?”
“I was just thinking how strange it was that we found that man out in the middle of the main road. Right in
our direct path back to the kingdom.” William leaned back in his chair.
“She must have set all of this up—but why?” Doris frowned. “She wanted us to be stopped by that man
and lured here where all these sick people are.” Doris wasn’t sure if they were going to be ambushed or
not. The vigers truly looked as if they were about to die. She didn’t think they would willingly let
someone make them this ill, she felt just how real their sickness was. There was no way they were faking
just to trick him.
But—why would she infect an entire vige of people?
“Do you think she wanted you toe here so you could get sick and die? This vige clearly has no
medicine and the supplies is running dangerously low.” Doris said. She nced at the kitchen. There
wasn’t that much food left in there, where did they get more if everyone was as sick as they were?
“I think it’s possible she did. We already know she wanted me dead here, it’s why she nned the
whole poison thing. She wanted me to die up here.” William said.
“Perhaps when she realized she hadn’t heard back if you were dead or not, she took measures a little
further and tried to get everyone sick.”
“She doesn’t realize my blood fights against it. It cured you and Enzo, she doesn’t realize I have that sort
of power. If she did, she might have killed me in my sleep at the pce or just poisoned me right there.”
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“What should we do?” Doris asked quietly. She felt so angry inside, her rage was waking up as her body
regained energy. But she still didn’t want to wake the rest of the house. “We have to stop her before she
goes even further. This was… this was far enough. She got an entire vige sick.”
“I might be able to save them. I don’t know if I should, though. They took part in her scheme.” William
grumbled. Doris squeezed his hand and brought her own hand back to herp.
“I don’t think they agreed to be infected like this. I don’t know about the man that lured you here, perhaps
he was told you were the one that could help him so he quickly wanted you toe with him.” Doris
spoke gently. His mouth was still in a permanent frown and she didn’t know how to fix it. “They shouldn’t
all die because of her ruthless games.”
William sighed and rubbed his face. He looked so tired, she wanted toy with him forever.
“Alright.” He stood. “I can put it in the tea and not tell them about it.”
Doris hopped up and followed him to the kitchen. They spent hours delivering hot tea to each of the sick
vigers. William had to sit near the end when he gave up more blood than she expected him to.
Doris bundled up and delivered thest batch of tea. Already she saw many had drained their cups and
fell into a deep sleep they wouldn’t wake up from for quite some time.
When she returned back to the cabin, it was still dead quiet. It had to be nearing nightfall, she didn’t think
she had ever heard an entire vige fall so quiet as if no one else was there.
William watched as she removed her coat and boots. When she walked close to him, he grabbed her
waist and seated her on hisp. She gave out a small yelp that he silenced with a kiss that could have
left her dizzy for days.
“Do you know how hard it’s been watching you in that bed?” He whispered against her lips. Doris
wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
“Thank you for saving me. Again.” Doris whispered. He smiled against her lips, she had to pull away just
to witness it. It was half the size of a regr one, but it was true art on him. She never wanted to forget
it.
He didn’t even notice her watching him, his eyes were directly on her mouth and she felt her core ache
when she noticed the hint of heat in his gaze.
Doris leaned forward to whisper in his ear, “Take me somewhere they won’t hear us.”