Chapter 168: Spirit wings
Darcio was informed by the guard to leave for the rose castle as soon as possible. He was very much confused by the sudden necessity for his master to urge him to this extent.
He knew his master well. Demir never really cared about things unless they regarded his female. Darcio suddenly felt nervous thinking that something might have happened to the lady until he reached his destination.
Darcio didn’t know whether to breathe a relief or to hold his forehead. His guess was fortunately wrong and his master’s female was fine. But the crisis he faced right now was not something simple. The little lion cubs that he sometimes saw were lying on the bed taking in feeble breaths.
Their tiny lips were ghastly pale and bluish on the edges. ’Poisoning’ Darcio was able to guess that much as soon as he caught a glimpse of the cubs’ faces. He furrowed his brows hearing about the said poisoning incident.
His master once mentioned it in passing saying how his female was kidnapped by the eagle king and her fetus was in danger due to consuming poison in the same banquet. From what Darcio knew, that work was done by one of the lady’s mother’s admirers. It was unfortunate but he was relieved back then knowing that they were able to get hold of the antidote at the right time but now...what was this?
Demir who never made mistakes regarding poison and antidotes was right now fretting about mistaking the dosage of antidote that Gregory gave them. And that had resulted in the cubs falling ill. Darcio never blamed his master but now he couldn’t help it. Demir should have been careful.
He saw as his master made his way toward Lyra with his head lowered.
"I’m sorry sunshine" Demir kneeled in front of her not caring about lowering his pride in the room filled with other males that loved the same female that he adored.
Lyra’s tear-filled eyes wavered due to his actions, "Demir....stand up"
Demir held her hand on his shoulder and shook his head, "This is my fault. I should have checked the antidote properly"
Lyra hugged him gently and buried her face in his chest. She was not able to say that it was ’Fine’ because it was not fine. Her babies were suffering and her heart ached every time she saw them. Tears streamed down her face and she continued to sob while holding Demir.