Chapter 600

"I just have a bit of a cold," Sebastian explained. "After you left yesterday, I took some medicine and rested. Brooks made a fuss and called in quite a few local doctors to check on me. Grandma even called just now."

Everything he said sounded reasonable, almost perfectly plausible, but it did little to ease the tight knot of worry coiling in Elara's chest.

"All right, I won't keep you. My messag