Nicholas’s POV
“What do you mean she’s fine!”
My palms slammed down on the desk so hard the wood groaned. Papers scattered. Doctor Ricardo flinched but didn’t step back.
I leaned over the table, knuckles white, staring him down.
“My wife is like a whole new person and you sit there telling me she’s fine?”
The doctor swallowed once, then met my eyes—calm, professional, infuriatingly steady.
“Your Majesty, her medical report says she’s fine. Physically. The severe head injury she sustained when she was pulled from the ocean… your blood healed the damage. The fractures, the internal bleeding, the concussion—all repaired. There is no lasting trauma to her body.”
I curled my lip.
“Then explain why she’s acting like a completely different woman.”
He hesitated—just a second, but I caught
