Chosen By The Moon

CHAPTER 67

Dylan POV

It had been 6 days since the king left for Australia, and only just was I able to leave the hospital. I had been given explicit instructions to come back eve

Was I still sore? Definitely. Was it manageable? Yes it was. My neck was very stiff from the lack of movement over the past week, but the palace had be been the most peaceful week I’ve had in months.

Lewis had been acting strange, some days he had been quite distant and others, like today he had been very prominent. It’s been nice having him here

night th

*Now, are you sure you’re ok to leave? If you think you need an extra Lewis asked me yet again as I struggled to get a button up shirt– dress on over my mangled back.

“I’m fine, I need to get up and out of here or I might never.” I sighed and huffed as I attempted to fasten the buttons.

“I can help you you know, you need only ask. He was always so eager to help. I shook my head and smiled as I completed them all, before slowly slip

I was supposed to be wearing nothing but constricting ballgowns and heels higher than the palace itself. However, there was no way I could get my bod

“I know…” I took a quick look at myself in the mirror and sighed again. I really was just stick and bone. I was unhealthily thin, my cheeks were so sunken in that my cheekbones had an almost skeletal look about them.

*Believe it or not, you do look a lot better than you did last week. You’ve got more color in your face.” Lewis walked up behind me slightly with a small bo

I nodded my head and turned to smile at him. He was right, no matter how bad I looked today, nothing compares to my appearance before the king left.

“Yeah, and just when I do start to feel better his grace will come back and introduce me to a whole new pain.” I sighed as I watched the betas face drop at my words. Perhaps I was being a little blunt, technically

He nodded before I finally made my way out of the room I’d been in for days and back through the castle. It had been almost a week since I was able to

I took a deep breath before walking through the palace and to the dining area where I was to meet the dowager queen for lunch. It was required of me t royalty, not that I was planning on actually listening to her. Lewis looked at me with pity completely taking over his face.

“It’s just lunch, Dylan. It’s probably not much of a comfort, but I’ll be out here the entire time, and when your both finished, we can go wherever you want

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