Walking up and down the table he quickly packed a sack with bundles of dry herbs. He looked carefully at each bundle briefly before placing them in the bag. If it were Loraz she'd be doing the same. Each herb he picked up was linked to a time when she was near death and had to figure out how to save herself. He thought back on the various times he saw her reading in the library and wondered if the reason she did this so often was to learn more about medicine. If she chose to step down as the rightful heir to Serenity she could live a pleasant life as a doctor or healer with the vast knowledge she had obtained.
"Has she really been through so much misfortune?" Vestin asked as he looked over a table stocked with dried fruit.
Robert looked back at him and then sighed, "Yes. When father tol
