Chapter 169: A Letter From Lafad
Melania finished reading the first few lines of the letter and shifted her brown eyes to the window to her right. It was the first letter from her parents that she received ever since she came to Geraldion.
’So Queen Fleur is a total liar too. This letter was sent just a week ago and it is already in my hands. It is obvious from the contents that my family never received my first letter either. My assumption was correct––Prince Valon intercepted my letter and did not send it out because he did not like what I wrote there.’
No matter how many times she mulled it all over, the princess still couldn’t identify what exactly was wrong with her first letter. Was Valon afraid that the Royal Family of Lafad would indeed break off their daughter’s engagement? Of course, Melania’s parents loved and cherished her but even despite all that, breaking off such an important marriage deal would have damaged Lafad’s reputation beyond repair, and with their already weakened place on the political map, even such doting parents would simply grit their teeth and advise their daughter to do the same.
Returning to the white pages clutched in her tanned hands, she resumed reading the letter, her fingers trembling slightly as her mind processed the text.
Her mother’s condition was rapidly declining.
Ever since that fateful day ten years ago when Queen Galia Lafad fell ill with an unknown infection that affected her nervous system, her legs stopped listening to her brain and she could no longer walk on her own.
Now, as it was stated in the letter from her father, King Illia Lafad, Queen Galia could no longer feel her legs at all. In addition, she had begun having a dull but persistent ache in her back and had trouble moving her fingers.
"Neither the doctors nor the healers know what to do anymore... Soon, she might be completely paralyzed."
Melania mouthed those words, following the pace of her eyes that continued to scan the letter.