Chapter 158: No
Three months after his last patient recovered and six months after the Queen recovered, Simon received two unexpected pieces of news. The first was that Elthena was pregnant, and the second was that she was banishing him from the kingdom.
“What?!” Simon blurted out. Either piece of news would have shocked him, but the two of them together completely bowled him over.
“You heard me,” she answered calmly. “As much as I might love you, you can’t be here when I start to show, my dearest Simon.”
“Why?” he asked, genuinely confused. “Everyone was pretty cool with the whole consort thing, but after the whole plague deal, I don’t think that anyone will object to me—”
“No one would object,” she agreed, interrupting him. “It’s worse than that. They’d demand that we marry.”
“What’s so wrong with that?” he asked. “I’d happily marry you. We could—”
“It’s out of the question,” she shot back.
“Because of the prophecy?” he asked.
“Because of the prophecy,” she agreed.