DARIUS’ POV The last thing I remembered was Alara screaming, and then she fell to the ground. All the physicians I could find had done everything possible to get her to wake up, but she remained still. Her entire body was heated as though she had been taken out of a furnace, and there were scars from the burn. It was the dress she wore. I had to take it off her when I discovered that there was smoke rising into the air from it. “Is there nothing you can do about this?” I asked the fifth physician that I had invited to the castle. The look on his face was not suitable at all, and the moment he sighed, I knew that I was not going to like what he was about to say. “King Darius?” He shook his head. “I am sorry, but I don’t think anything can be done about her. The poison in the dress

