Her world had changed forever.
The next day Jess lay curled up in a bed in one of the private rooms off the main healer’s hall. As soon as her pregnancy and the identity of the father had been confirmed, Tovan, the healer in charge of the hall in Laarn’s absence, had refused to allow her to be moved due to her sickness. He and Daaynal had almost had a standup fight in the middle of the medbay over it, the smaller healer standing his ground and going toe to toe with the lethal emperor with determination written all over his face.
He wouldn’t have won, not against Daaynal, and they all knew it but it was obvious he didn’t care. Jess was his patient and what he said went. In the end though, Jess herself had stopped the fight by throwing up on the floor. Tovan had just looked at Daaynal poin
