Adrian didn’t speak again until Jacob had left. “I won’t rest until you recover from this. You have to recover from this, you won’t be able to go out on Penny like this.”
I was appreciative of him trying to lift my spirits. I coughed as I tried to draw breath. This wasn’t getting any easier. I just wanted to close my eyes and be done with it. I know I haven’t been poisoned for that long yet, most likely within an hour still, but I couldn’t handle much more suffering.
“One of the best healers in this land lives in this castle. He should be here soon. He’s no Rose, but he’ll do.”
He avoided my eyes as he talked. He couldn’t bring himself to stare at me in this state. It wasn’t like I could blame him though. I wondered who Rose was but there was no way I could question him on it. He paced
