[Irene’s POV]
Before my body hit the ground, I felt firm hands grab my arms and pull me into a warm embrace.
“Irene!”
The voice was distorted and reverberated in my head before I lost all contacts with my body, mind and senses. But I knew it was my father’s voice.
*****
When I opened my eyes, I was lying on my bed in the Liezer palace. Luna Eleanor was sitting beside me on my bed. She was gently dabbing a wet cold cloth on my forehead.
“Oh sweetie, you woke up,” she kept the cloth aside and helped me sit on the bed.
I gulped, my head ringing with pain. I held my head, wincing as I felt the pain travel all around my sinuses.
“What happened to me?” I asked in a feeble voice.
“You fainted, dear, from thirst, hunger and exhaustion,” she said.
I tried to curl up my knees, but a bol
