Chapter 27

His face revealed nothing, but when Sally peeked at him, she could have sworn that his face showed his barely controlled anger. It made her scared.

Was he angry at the princess or the mistress? 

With the king, you’d never know. Or maybe she just imagined it.

Long minutes dragged by. Baski finished mixing her herbs and was already applying them to the princess’s wounds.

Sally helped her to squeeze out the water from each scoop of wet ground leaves, and she used them on the wounds. Sally was happy that the princess was unconscious. Sally knew this treatment hurt like hell, and her princess had already suffered enough for one day.

The king was still leaning against the door, even though he’d long sent Chad away. He hadn’t said anything else. His eyes just took everything in.

Finally, Baski said, “All done.” 

Sally breathed a sigh of relief as she took in all the wounds they covered. Tears filled her eyes again because her princ