CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE

She tried her best to keep cool but her best wasn’t enough?

No one could survive what she was going through. She felt as if she was on fire. She had been this way since she heard Cedric was on his way with good news. 

Her heart had been aching and she was hoping for the best. So many thoughts ran through her mind. Her heart’s beating rate had tripled. She could feel droplets of salty sweat, trickling down her skin. 

She was sweating, though two women were fanning her on each side. Her body itched as the sweat touched her skin. She hated the itch but she couldn’t help it.

Her whole body had a mind of its own. 

She closed her eyes hoping to receive coolness from anywhere to relax her nerves. 

“Get me a cup of chilled orange juice quickly.” 

The maid flashed out of the room in the blink of an eye.  

Octavia needed that orange juice fast or she was afraid she would fa