Chapter 84

Luckily, surface-level burns such as this one, apparently, are an easy fix for the Gifted healer under House Clair’s employ.

Healers are some of the more common Gifts, and when found, they are almost always invariably recruited into the ruling House’s employment. Given the hefty pay and abundant benefits that come with being associated with the royal house, no one declines, not without any particular reason to.

The one employed by House Clair is a deftly skilled medic, having trained both with and without their Gifts, and Brendan’s cheek is healed of the burn within an hour.

When he returns to the room, he finds the bathroom door still closed.

He walks over to it, knocking sharply on the wood. “Alcina,” he says. “My cheek has been completely healed, with no lasting damage. It’s perfectly fine.”

He hears shuffling inside.

“Open the door, Alcina.”

And after a few tense, still moments, Brendan hears the lock click.

He opens it immediately and finds Alcina, a sight for sore eyes, indeed,