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CHAPTER 60

Author: Pamela Ulu
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-06 07:00:10

Calix’s POV.

She came down with an episode.

She came down with more episodes as the days passed.

At first, I thought I could manage it. I tried to help her...to hold her in my arms and sing her a song, but none of those worked.

This morning— Her laughter turned hollow, and her eyes became distant. A cough wracked her body, and suddenly she began to jerk. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and white foam spilled from her mouth.

“Fetch Mr. Petecin, quick!” I cried.

The door burst open, and the handmaidens rushed out of the room to summon the royal physician while I held her tightly in my arms.

Leia joined us on the bed. “Tilt her head sideways, Calix...that way she wouldn’t choke!”

I obeyed my cousin and gently laid down my mate on the bed. I tucked a pillow under her head and inclined her face sideways.

Han appeared from the washroom with a towel and gave it to me. “Thank you.” I collected it and just when I was about to clean her up, Mr. Petecin burst into the room.

“Hold her dow
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