Chapter 25
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
I KISSED DANI one final time, left his room, and went back down to the hospital entrance where the van was waiting. By the time I got back to the ducal apartment, nearly an hour had passed. I wanted nothing more at that point than to go home and sleep, but I put on a happy face and walked into the library.
“Is everything all right at the hospital?” Henry said the minute he spotted me.
“Yes, it is. He’s probably sound asleep by now.”
“Shouldn’t the treatment he had this morning have made him better?” William said.
“Not at all,” Gert said. “Even though the machine does all the work, it’s normal for the patient to be exhausted afterward.”
“Have a glass of wine, my boy,” Father said as he handed one to me.
“Thanks.”
I settled down on a sofa next to G
