32. Stronger Together

“All things remarkable are surprisingly simple; albeit difficult to find.”― Criss Jami

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(Vera)

I spent the rest of the day in bed. I was going insane, though. I wanted to know what happened to Thalia Red. After Mateo had gone out when the guard took him away and told him that Thalia was dead, he didn’t come back and I was left staring at the empty walls in the hospital that stood next to the palace. I could see the tall brick walls and tombs of the palace from here.

If I had my dragon, I would already have flown away from this boredom, but I was forced to stay here, because... I had just been poisoned.

"Nova...” I whispered, knowing very well I wouldn’t hear the response. I sighed. ”Come back...”

I just hoped she would come back. Knowing that she would come back would be enough for now. But I had no guarantees.

The head doctor kept whispering to the young doctors, who looked like they had just started training under the old one.

“What do you know about Nighria Oil?” he asked the g