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Amelia POV

When I woke up, Lady Nasrin’s black eyes were on me.. She was still sitting next to me, changing herb smelling towels that felt cool and refreshing.. She placed them over my head, trying to calm the fever that was raging over me. I was parched. “You had a very high fever”, she said looking at me gently, her eyes full of kindness. For a moment, I forgot grievances I had with my brother, and remembered my childhood friend, the woman who was nursing me to health now. I felt weak but not feverish… “Is everything ok Amelia???”, she asked me casting her eyes down, trying to be ever so polite, yet her eyes ever seeing were on me. I nodded unable to process everything. I knew her since when we were children – we grew up together and when we were little girls, she was my best friend. Some of my fondest memories were with her and her family. We were so close once, her and I.

She was looking at me with worried expression. “You would tell me if everything was not ok, right? You know I