Chapter 4

Lucas glanced back at me. "Okay."

I flipped through the report. The readings were a mess. Nothing was normal.

I breathed in deep. 'Only a little longer,' I told myself. 'Hold on a little more.'

For my first meal home, the table was full of milk and nourishing meat dishes.

Lucas had told the servants to prepare all this.

But I had no appetite.

Lucas put a piece of beef in my bowl. "Eat well."

My throat was burning and sore. I couldn't eat.

"Didn't the food at the training camp agree with you?" he asked.

I blinked blankly.

He…