FORTY-SIX

Eden pov

As I watched how Lucius stormed after Titus, I couldn’t understand why both of them thought that acting like children at their age was okay.

Then, I remembered the doctor’s words and cursed under my breath. That man-child was supposed to stay on bed rest, not chase his best friend around.

Slowly, I set everything I was holding down and walked towards the door. Only I couldn’t leave since a woman with an ugly scowl on her face blocked my way out. At this point, I didn’t have to be a genius to know this had to be Mathilda.

“Where do you think you are going, human?” She snarled at me.

No one in the kitchen moved. All eyes were trained on me. This had to be the so-called ‘make it or break it’ moment for me. It was either I backed off and proved her she was right, or stood my ground and spat in that ugly soul.

“There,” I said as I pointed my finger at the door.

“Yeah? And why do you think you have the right to follow the King? He’s not here to protect you, in fact, nobody wo