Chapter 108

"She'll be fine, your highness. Fortunately, the bullet only brushed through her skin and didn't cause any damage." The doctor informed me as he walked out of the operating room, his hands folded beneath his stomach and his head bowed.

A huge burden lifted off my chest the moment he said those words, and I sighed in relief. I'm glad nothing happened to her. I'm not sure what I would have done if the news had been bad. I don't want to bring myself to think of the worst; all that matters now is the fact that she's now fine.

"What about the little one?" I asked, swallowing my saliva as I nervously fumbled my hands.

For some reason, the thought of the little one seems so unreal after everything that has happened. I wasn't expecting to hear anything about the little one, but the moment the doctor examined her, he confirmed that she was indeed pregnant, although the child might not make it if the treatment doesn'