Chapter 127

Edric's POV:

“King,” Winston says from the doorway of the examination room. “A word?”

“Yeah.” Feeling like an old man, I drag myself up and follow him into the room.

We brought Maya straight to the clinic. I feel like that first night when I met her – a crazy, irrational, nervous wreck. I stare at her colourless face, her once cherry red lips that are a dull, washed-out pink now. “She was dehydrated,” he says. “Again.”

“No,” I shake my head. “No, she couldn’t have been. I made sure she drank enough water.”

“How much did she eat?”

“Once a day. I know it’s not a lot, but surely it wasn’t so little that it could do this,” I wave my hand in her direction.

“No,” he sighs and gives me a look that speaks of regret. “Forgive me, king, but the only other explanation I can think of is….Did you break your bond with her?”

“No.”

“Please, your majesty, you have to tell me if there’s anything affecting your bond, whatever you tell me will be held in the strictest confidence. The way she’s re