There was a coldness in the room that could not quite be compared to the chill of the frost that fell every due season. It was more like the coldness of intense fear, and deep dismay.
Elina Baddenkur's face had gone pale one day and the flush of colour hadn't returned to her cheeks ever since.
She was late.
Very late.
At first, she had thought that it was an anomaly that would correct itself. Later, she had asked a palace physician to check her condition, thinking that she was imply feeling a bit under the weather.
The physician had looked at her strangely, and immediately summoned Su'ni Anthipeia to take a look for herself.
"I have to report this to the Su'Datheram," Su'ni Anthipeia said with a somber face. "This… Your records don't show any recent visits with him."
That was because there were no recent visits with him. Elina Baddenkur had not seen the Sovereign in three months.
