It had been over two hours since he had stepped into the dowager's chambers. And over an hour since the physician had left.
But none of them had moved from their initial position. It was as though, the news from the physician had rendered them rooted to their spots.
Eduardo sighed, gripping the Dowager's hand that had been in his ever since he stepped in. Heck, even the breakfast he had asked Walter to bring in was still untouched.
How could he bring himself to eat anything when she was that way?
She looked frail and a lot thinner. Agnes had said she kept hiding all her wrinkles behind makeup, caking up all of her pains behind the mask of brush and blushes.
Her eyes deepened in, creating a deep hollow around her eyes. Her lips were charred, despite the constant application of lip balm
