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Chapter 97
Darius
When Raphael interrupted my speech at the northern council conference, I knew something serious had happened.
I politely excused myself. I went to him.
I could hear people murmuring, but soon, Marcel took over, and they were silent.
That was why it was best I wrote my speeches. He just picked up from where I left off.
Raphael stood when I approached him.
“They are back,” He said, and I smiled, glad that Zora had returned.
I was worried she might see Casey or Hardy, and they would convince her to leave with them.
The painful part of that fear was that I wouldn’t have gone after her if she had willingly followed. Otherwise, I would have given my mother, Abelardo and the entire council the war they had longed for and burned the south or east to the ground.
“Zora is ill. Eloise asked that I send a doctor, which I did, but then she insisted I tell you. I think it is serious,” He said, and images of her being poisoned by Jake Brighton just to get at me flooded my mind.
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I was out the door before Raphael could finish the sentence.
People were looking at me weirdly.
The moment I stepped out, I hopped into the first car I saw. It wasn’t mine, but I was lord, and the driver was already behind the wheel.
“Hand estate now!” I ordered him, and he started his vehicle.
I did not know who he worked for; I will have to apologise
later.
We arrived at the estate, and I rushed into the building and went straight to my room.
Kara and Eloise were with her. She looked pale and sweaty but seemed a bit calm. The doctor was examining her, and I went to hold her hands. Cremin was afraid, so I had to try and control myself.
When the doctor congratulated me that she was pregnant, I was shocked. Knowing that Eloise did not feel the same way made me still worried that Jake did something.
“Eloise is pregnant, and she isn’t ill?” I asked the doctor.
“People experience pregnancy differently, but I will still take her blood sample to test for other things. If there is anything, she is already recovering from it. I will give her a mild sedative to help her relax and sleep it off, but there is no cause for alarm here. She will be alright when she wakes up; she just needs to rest,” he said, administered the sedative, and packed his things to leave.
I watched Zora’s eyes close gradually until she fell asleep.
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Eloise and Kara excused themselves, and I stayed with her.
There was a knock on my door thirty minutes later, and I rushed to open it so the person did not bang too hard and wake Zora up. I knew it was my mother. She was the only one
that dared to do that.
I opened the door, and she frowned at me. Not wanting her in my room, I stepped outside.
“What is wrong with her?” She asked, and I knew she must have heard.
“What do you care?” I said, and she sighed and bowed her head.
“I know I misbehaved the last time, and I am sorry. It was just that treason is a serious crime, and I knew they would want to kill Abelardo. Zora threatened to deal with Abelardo if he caused you trouble. You are a fool for her. I was angry, but I don’t hate her. I just went to my family home to calm down and think things through.” She said, and I knew she was being honest, but Zora wasn’t comfortable with her anymore, and that was a relationship she would have to fix alone.
“Your words and actions hurt her, mother. Even though she didn’t say it, I could see it. You called her a whore, among other things; words like that don’t get forgotten,” I said, and she bowed.
“Do you know she was the only one that believed Abelardo didn’t do it? She was the one that urged me to dig instead of passing judgment. Abelardo has been a problem for me, so it was easy to think he would pull off that stunt. It was Zora that made me question the enforcer. She was the one that made me look at other factors, yet you were busy antagonising her
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“Doctor said she will be fine,” I said, and she looked at me.
“Do you mind if I examine her?” She asked, and I did not know how Zora would feel about it, but since I was there, I decided it wouldn’t be any harm.
She touched Zora’s forehead and palm and checked her nails; Zora stirred in her sleep but did not wake up.
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