Shocking sight

"Prince Ivan's sword was poisoned. He cut both Alvin and Williams," Alicia explained calmly, and Paulina's eyes widened as she looked at them in horror.

Her fear of Williams and his kind all forgotten now, she looked at the assistant physician and asked, "How bad is it? Will he survive? But... Alvin looks... better now, so Sir Williams should be fine since he received the antidote first, right?" she asked fearfully, and the physician frowned, wondering why a maid was questioning him.

First, he had been sent out of the palace to treat a mere guard, and now he was being questioned by the witch's maid? What was wrong with everyone? Why couldn't they know their place? He mused as he looked at Paulina with annoyance.

"Why are you not answering the question?" Harold asked, startling the physician, who jumped in his seat.