Chapter 196. Buried Beneath the Garden

LION

This time, it was my turn with the king’s young children, whose parents would not be there because they had to attend the prince’s dinner. There was too much hostility there, and there was no room for two babies; plus, they could be attacked if we were not careful.

Carmen stayed by my side and took care of them. She helped Dove all the time; the kids knew her and liked her a lot. You could tell she loved them too because when she was by their side, she was always smiling.

I was holding Cethium when he woke up; Carmen was feeding Nicolas because he started to cry. Cethium was not crying, which worried almost everyone. I myself never thought he could have a vocal cord problem; I still thought he was just a quiet boy, and that was it.

When they fell asleep, Carmen came over to talk to me.

“Can we talk?” she asked quietly so the kids would not be awakened by the noise.

I nodded.

“Clarisa was behaving very rudely,” she said, expressing he