Harvey's mother embraced him and kept her cries low since it was past the time they were allowed to make any sound.
"I'm fine," Harvey assured them, but his mother didn't believe her as she tried to look him over.
"We heard that you were poisoned!" His father said.
"I was not. There was a mixup." He assured them, too tired to go into details.
"What happened? Why did everyone come back hurt?" his mother asked curiously, but instead of responding, he looked around the chamber.
"Where is Benedicta?"
"She is fast asleep. It's late," his mother reminded him.
"I heard something happened to her." He asked them.
"Yes. It was Prince Ivan." Sir Richard said, shaking his head, and both he and his wife narrated how Ivan had held Benedicta hostage.
