Chapter 23
“Hey!”
Xandros continued shouting and tapping weak Zoe to stand up. The guards scurried in different directions to get various things to help salvage the situation. They brought water and Xandros sprinkled some of it on her body. Her eyelids parted with great difficulty and all she could see was Xandros’s face. They all struggled to hold her up.
“Why is she so heavy?”
Xandros asked the guards who helped him hold her. They took a seat for her while some stood with cardboard fanning her back to consciousness.
“That’s how these children of rich men are. They eat so much junk, and it gets into their pride and arrogance. See, now she can’t lift herself.”
The other guards chuckled softly. Zoe wanted to respond, but her body felt too weak for that.
“Give her space for ventilati
