-SELENE-
Palace doctor? That was the last thing I needed. I was a fugitive, not some glorified healer with a royal title.
Visibility like that was a death sentence. Stay in one place long enough, and someone from the South Kingdom would recognize me.
And once they did, it wouldn’t take long for whispers to reach the Ice Queen, rumors of a grey-eyed woman patching up nobles in Laare.
"But you already have a palace doctor, Your Majesty," I tried weakly.
One of her guards had already slipped out, his boots echoing down the hallway like a countdown.
Queen Raja shrugged, utterly unfazed. "Henry is a terrible doctor. It wasn’t just the scarlet fever. He’s a sweet boy, but completely inexperienced. Honestly, he shouldn’t be allowed near patients with a ten-foot pole."
"The only reason he g
