th

e high court and other elders trooped into the compound and into the courtroom. From my window I watched them coming in

familiar voice but, not in negation, rat

e I should be scared of,” I replied

searching for a reason to pounce on you, even the slightest

any reasons to.” Tapping his shoulder lightly, I turned back to the window, with a confirmation that my guests were already s

tad older than I was, jerked back t

t we were going in to face; the elders and the members of the high court, and though I have enjoyed most of my gatherings with t

d and I hummed a response. Their greeting, I was certain, was merely a chant and not a pleasant w

ition on the throne. “I was informed this meeting was a matter of urgenc

people are dying, women and children are dying, your men too, and you ask what issue we are h

on my face as I turned my eyes away from the loudmouth

other thing but the epidemic that has befallen us, we have been trying to contain this issue and wait

d my brows knitte

Anastasia, was supposed to be married yesterday, but the marriage didn’t go through because she contracted the plague. She and her younger b

at me, “Where is Felicia?” she was a member of the

because of the plague, my king, we think this

n to allow her complete that sentence because if she did, another issue was sure to arise,

ng to provide a standard solution for us?” one of t

e asked and pleaded with you all to exercise

n before this epidemic became this rampant. You couldn’t contain it, how then do you expect we be

of my subjects consider me to be incapable, and it was another thing hearing the

come to us, soonest, I wasn’t going to say it until she got here,

index finger, shushing th

a few days and that is it.”

e even be

is he even ta

reak of dawn to find a physician for

everyone thought of me as incapable, first Isadora who practically left me for m

doctor will be here in a few days and that is all I

their breaths, but I turned a blind eye to their mischief. The plague has brought extreme fear and st

rd Sam’s voice during the meeting, I looked around searching for him to notice him gon

hand. I knew it was just one person who we had been awaiting her response. Hurriedly, I tore th

d that was it, no expl

said through gritted teeth, my anger, and

know the where she

ld of it before it kissed the ground, “then go get me that w