Chapter 33: Defiled vows

Aurora hurried to her quarters, at the same time, controlling the wind to lay Sebastian on the bed. She pushed open the doors, shutting them once she was in.

"Bastian," she breathed out, moving to the bed. Laying a hand on his forehead, she realized he was burning hot.

"What have you done, Bastian? What have you done?" She sighed. His pulse was low and his breathing came out in laboured pants.

She rang the bell.

"Water," she ordered once a maid appeared, "a bowl of water and a clean cloth. Request another maid to prepare some herbal soup for healing. Hurry."

Once she received the bowl of water and cloth, she cleaned him up, sweat and grease and dirt till his temperature reduced. The soup was ready then but he still wasn't awake.

She sat by his side and waited, holding unto his burning hands but an hour passed and he showed no signs of waking.

She grew anxious. Checking his pulse for the thousandth time, it still throbbed so what was the problem?

The twitching of his eyebrows caught he