Chapter 28

Baski finished mixing the concoction and forced Danika to drink it. . She was still unconscious, and the concoction was to make her sleep well.

Chad was already waiting by the door when she was done. She nodded her head, signaling that he could take her. He bent down and lifted Danika up the same way he carried her into her room—her midriff on his shoulder, her back in the air.

When they got to the king’s room, Lucien was sitting down behind his desk, writing. He didn’t look up when they entered.

“Make a bed for her down there.” He pointed to his own bed.

“Already on it, my king,” Baski replied.

Within minutes, she and Sally had another high enormous mattress on the floor beside the king’s bed and they spread a fresh new bed sheet on it.

Chad laid Danika face down on the bed and gently turned her head to the side. They watched her even breathing for a few seconds before they turned away.

Sally was uncomfortable with this development. The kin