"Alora, your face is all over red. Are you sick?" Queen Rowena enquired with sharp eyes as they were having breakfast on the dining table.
Alora looked up and blinked before slowly glancing at Crimson who kept eating his food. "I…" she cleared her throat. "I actually have a fever, Queen. I feel sick and dizzy after the mark." she replied truthfully.
"Hmm. And I can see you still are not mated! Why?" Rowena asked again. This time Crimson looked at his mother.
Artemis too looked worriedly at her daughter, she knew Queen was testing Alora but unfortunately she couldn't save her daughter from this. She had requested Crimson to let her stay close to her daughter so He permitted her to do meals with them from now on so that she could see Alora every day.
"Yes… because I was feeling very weak, Queen. That's why, we… decided to take a little time!" she glanced at Crimson with hope for his intervention and luckily, He nodded, saving her the trouble.