Chapter 363: The Results
"How is she feeling now?" Lucy asked Duncan after he was done checking on her health. The look on his handsome face was subtle, and that worried Lucy who couldn’t interpret what that expression meant.
"Is something wrong with Sam?" She queried further, not sure of what to expect from that look of his. Madeline had stepped into the tent on time, and she gently placed the cool, wet towel over Samantha’s burning forehead.
"Is she taking extra naps cause she’s not feeling so great?" Alain questioned his mother, obediently kneeling beside where Samantha laid, and his mother couldn’t help but nod to her son’s neverending questions.
She was told children normally get curious from the age of seven, but she wasn’t sure how she was going to understand her son who wants details on every little thing. Right now, they would need the aid of a physician, and Lucy was about to suggest going into town to find one, not until Duncan said something her ears never expected to hear.
"I think she’s... pregnant?" Duncan tilted his head at his own words. It sounded like a question rather than a given answer, and Lucy blinked at him, stupefied by his indecisive conclusion.
"Is she pregnant, or do you want a baby?" Lucy couldn’t help but answer sarcastically, but she mellowed down the instant Duncan frowned. Clearing her throat, she tried to change the topic, "how can you be so sure of that? It will be better if I go into town and find someone professional enough to help."
"You’re not going anywhere," Duncan asserted before she could leave, "not with the land’s current state, it’s too risky to go out there. There’s a chance you could be ambushed even, you’ll stay here and look after her, I’ll go and get someone – I’m not sure if what I said is the case, so we’ll need help from an expert."
"The skys are in your favor," Lucy opened the tent flap to check the weather, "no wonder you’re eager to step out. If I didn’t know better, I’d say his Majesty Duncan is starting to develop tender feelings for–"
"You just don’t know when to stay quiet, do you?" Duncan cut her off before she could finish her sentence, but it didn’t come out as strict as he wanted it to, to his disappointment.