However, even with a heartbeat, Lily still looked weak. Fred noticed this and turned to the doctor. "Examine her!"They immediately did as told, and one of them announced, "Your Grace, she's out of danger, but she's fragile. She will need time to recuperate." "For how long?" Fred said with a frown. "Two weeks at least." "That long?"Fred looked grim. He could not wait that long, but there was no other way. He marched toward Dominic and grabbed him by his collar. "How dare you mess with me, old man? What if she had died?" Pointing toward Lily, he thought of what happened and felt his anger rise.If Lily had died, all his efforts would have gone to waste. Dominic simply burst out laughing. Fred was about to punch Dominic again when a doctor whispered into his ear, "Perhaps he was trying to save her." "What do you mean?" Fred looked at the doctor with a frown. After some hesitation, the man answered truthfully, "I've read about a technique like this in ancient texts. It
"Lock him up," Fred said coldly."I'm staying," Dominic said after some struggle. "You have to kill me to make me leave." Fred snorted. "Do you think I won't?" "Do it then." Dominic plopped down by the head of the bed and held on to the bedpost. Although he was scrawny, Dominic proved rather strong. As several guards tried to drag him away, they pulled the bed along with them.Lily then frowned. "Dom…" She coughed. "S-Stop!"Happy that she could speak, Fred gestured for the guards to stop and went up to her. He said, "You really are something else. Do you think you can mess up my plan by dying?" "I've no idea what you're talking about." Still trying to process what was going on, Lily turned to look at Dominic. "Dom shouldn't be here. Let him go." "Let him go?" Fred chuckled. "So that you can try to kill yourself again?" He believed that Lily must have done this to herself. Even if there was a traitor among them, the person would not have tried to kill Lily and was more l
"Don't talk like that. It’s not your style at all," Dominic said in an upset tone. Lily smiled. "It's not your style to come here either." "I…" Dominic was stumped. "I-I'm just here to see what you're up to!" Lily laughed. Embarrassed, Dominic waved his hands. "Okay, okay. I only came to see how you were doing. You really enjoy teasing me, huh? Feeling all better now?""Yeah, I do." Lily let out a sigh, then saw the needles were yet to be removed and tried to pull them out."Stay still!" Dominic removed the needles and continued, "I was shocked to learn that you suddenly went into a coma. When I heard that your heart was so slow that it was on the verge of stopping, I knew you…" Pausing, he glanced at her and did not finish his sentence. "How could you do this to yourself?" he told her off as he shook his head. "You know why I did it."He snapped, "I don't. "You're not Mother Teresa. You shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place!"Lily could not see his face as
Cocking her head to see his face, Lily held onto his hand. "Were you hit?" Her voice carried shock and anger.Unable to hide it from her, Dominic looked away. "I'm fine.""How is it fine? You were hit!" Having just regained consciousness, Lily struggled to sit up, and her breathing became rapid. "Who hit you? Was it Fred?""Do you think he could do it if I hadn't let him?" Dominic said as he waved dismissively. "How dare he!" Lily gritted her teeth. Enraged, she was oblivious to what Dominic said. Although she seldom treated him courteously, she regarded him as her grandfather. He had taught her a lot, so to her, he was both an elder and a benefactor.Furthermore, he had spent his whole life treating people and was well-respected, even among the rich and powerful. It was unimaginable that anyone would beat him, let alone because of her.Lily was so angry that she blamed herself. "This is all my fault." "No, it's not. Don't think like that. I… " At a loss for words, Dominic e
In the evening, Ross sent a location to Rhea. Of course, the IP address had been changed according to his itinerary. A while later, Rhea video-called him. Fortunately, Alexander had long prepared the set, and Ross only had to answer the call inside. When the call connected, Rhea scrutinized his background. "The woods behind you look dense, Your Highness. Have you reached the outskirts?""It is a rather remote location. To avoid attention, I can't take the main roads," Ross replied matter-of-factly, "Is everything okay at the embassy? Can Fred cope?" "Of course. We're more concerned about you," Rhea said. Ross shook his head. "I'm fine. I'm just doing what I should be doing for my mother." "That's good to hear. How's the trip so far? Have you encountered any problems?" she asked, gazing searchingly at his surroundings. Ross answered, "Everything’s fine. Don't worry." "Good." Rhea chuckled. "Can you move to another spot, Your Highness? There's some glare, and I can't see you
As she was pondering over this, her bedroom door opened, and Fred strode in. "Has he contacted you yet?" he asked.Rhea knew who he was referring to. "Yes, the location is correct, and we had a video call just moments ago," she answered readily. Although she was somewhat puzzled by what happened, she did not dare to tell Fred about it. She could not let him know that her creation was not 100% reliable. Fred nodded in satisfaction. "Great. Make another call now." Rhea hesitated."Why? Is there a problem?" Fred asked, upset. "No, but I just called him. Is there anything you want to ask him?" Rhea was puzzled as to why he wanted her to call him again. "I just want to talk to him." Fred looked at her. "Can't I?" Rhea could only nod. "Of course, you can." "Then hurry up!" he said impatiently. Rhea made the call and tightened her grip on the wine bottle, hoping that nothing would go wrong.The call was picked up after a moment, and Ross showed up on screen. A hat and a p
Seeing this, Rhea added, "Fred has more questions for you, and I think you understand that he's doing this out of goodwill. Please answer his questions, all right?" She flicked the wine bottle again.Ross frowned as if hesitant, then nodded. "Okay." Rhea gave Fred a look, then moved behind him. Leaning in, Fred looked toward Ross and cleared his throat. "Your Highness, have you gotten any leads in tracking down the queen?" Ross shook his head. "No. But I think it's because I haven't gone far enough. You said my mom went to places like West Virho? It’ll take me several more days to get there."Fred nodded, thinking that this made sense. "Her Majesty did say so, but I’m not so sure either. Anyway, it's not good that you and Her Majesty are both away, Your Highness. Someone should take charge of this place.""You're around, aren't you?" Ross looked puzzled. As this was the answer he wanted, Fred grinned. "Well, I'm just the chief minister. As you know, many in the country are a
Rhea was happy. "For real? Then I—" Before she could finish, Fred said, "Remember, you can go anywhere you like except out. If you do, I can't promise that you’ll be safe." He patted her shoulder. Rhea's mood dampened. For a moment, she thought she could come and go as she pleased. On second thought, however, she knew he was right. Alexander and Cameron would catch her if she were to leave.Thinking of her uncle, Rhea recalled her parents and the research center that was raided.After she escaped from the Russell Residence, she went to her parent’s house and saw people moving stuff inside from a distance. From the conversations among the onlookers, she learned that her father had been arrested and that her family had lost the house.Although she resented her parents, she was still upset upon learning what had happened to them.How could Cameron do this to them?Her parents treated Anastasia like a princess, and yet Cameron sent Fabian to jail and caused her family to fall apar