Secret

When a guard informed Ivory that the king had to go with the Lords to check out the kingdom borders and would be returning the next day, she was somewhat relieved. She didn’t need him around her whilst she was trying to sort out this misunderstanding.

Bile rose in her throat once again and she dashed to the bathroom to throw up. Wiping her mouth, she became even more skeptical that the reports were mixed up. She was clearly showing signs of pregnancy.

Ivory returned sullenly to her bed and tried to think it over. The King hadn’t touched her in a month, she had been unconscious for weeks and she just woke up days ago, how was she a week pregnant then? She chewed on her nails as she reasoned the situation, an act that would be deemed unbefitting of an empress.

“If I keep thinking about this, I might go crazy. I just have to wait for the doctor’s report. Maybe this is all a big misunderstanding,” she mumbled.

Once she convinced herself of that, she relaxed and distracted her mind wit