Chapter 79. Healer Meets Her Son

Celeste’s POV

The moment Sia uttered those words, a single tear slipped down her cheek and splashed quietly onto the wooden floor. I froze, my heart pounding.

“Sia… do you know this young man?” The Goddess Rene’s voice was calm but probing.

Sia stood rooted to the spot, her eyes fixed only on Lorian. Nora and I hurried to her side, alarmed, but she did not respond. She simply stared, as if seeing a ghost. Lorian looked just as bewildered as the rest of us.

“Did you cast some kind of mind magic on her?” Nora demanded, her tone sharp.

Lorian held up his hands defensively. “No, I swear, I did nothing of the sort. I only wish to know who the wonderful healer my Alpha Ardan spoke of is. He’s gravely ill, and I…”

Before he could finish, The Goddess Rene raised a hand, halting him. “Alpha Ardan is sick? That is dreadful news indeed. But you must wait here until morning. The healer you seek is that startled woman over there, yet she is in no state