“What took so long!?” Joseph shouts as he throws the bedroom door open.
Healer Thomas bows. “I’m sorry, sir. The medical wing is far away.”
“Run next time,” he growls. “The princess is in pain.”
I sigh as both men turn to me. I’d been trying to hide it, but I can’t any longer. “My stomach is in so much pain from growing so quickly that I can’t stand it. I waddled to the bathroom this morning after Joseph left for his run, but when I walked back, Baby Peter moved and pressed against the outside. Pain shot through my entire body, starting at my stomach, and it hasn’t stopped.”
“I need to look, ma’am,” Healer Thomas says seriously as he comes to the side of the bed.
Joseph climbs in on his side and helps pull the blanket down before pulling my gown over my stomach. The healer r
