Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 343

Chapter 343 A Pattern Emerges

Warren nodded. “Not everything. But I’ve heard plenty.”

Elowen pressed on. “Do you know the visiting envoys? Zachary and Flowira especially?”

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He nodded again. “They’re twins, and they look almost exactly alike. If they dressed the same, most people couldn’t tell them apart.”

Elowen remembered something from her previous life. Back then, the envoys sent for the Christmas talks had not been these two.

She frowned. “A few months ago, there was upheaval in Nordia’s royal family, wasn’t there? That’s how you managed to return to Avenlor. What happened?”

Warren set down his spoon, his tone turning formal. “Nordia’s ruling family bears the surname Wallace. The king was powerful and had many children. Zachary and Flowira’s family name is Howard. Their father married the king’s sister, but under Nordian custom that alone shouldn’t have put them in line to inherit the throne. Still, they claimed the gods had chosen them. With the people behind them, and Zachary pushing hard for it, they managed to take power with their father’s backing.”

Elowen leaned forward, curiosity lighting her expression.

“What do you mean, the gods chose them?”

Warren explained, “Life in Nordia is harsh, so the people are deeply religious. In earlier years, there was even something like a holy woman, someone said to speak with the gods. But such women were rare, and they never lived long. By the time I got there, none remained. I never believed much in gods myself. I think the Howards just got lucky.”

“Oh?”

Warren continued, “At the beginning of the year, a plague broke out. Many Nordians died. Even the king fell ill. Then an physician arrived in Nordia-a true master-and he cured the outbreak.” Warren’s voice took on a note of awe. “But Zachary told the people the healer was proof of the gods’ mercy, and that helped his family rise to power.”

Aphysician. Extraordinary skill.

Elowen’s heart started pounding. A daring thought flashed through her mind. She pressed him. “Do you know the doctor’s name?”

“I never heard it. But he looked almost unearthly. I do remember one thing, though. The things he carried were marked with a special pattern. It looked like… some kind of herb, I think.”

Elowen couldn’t hide the urgency in her voice. “What kind of herb? Was it… twinleaf?”

Warren gave an honest shrug. “I don’t know herbs. I couldn’t tell you.”

“That’s fine.” Elowen excused herself, hurried back to her room, and took a bottle from her chest of treasures.

Hugh had once obtained this bottle. A twinleaf design was carved into its base, marking it as her grandfather’s.

She rushed back and put it in Warren’s hands. “Did the pattern look like this?”

He studied it carefully, then nodded without hesitation. “Exactly like this.”

He looked up, echoing her urgency. “How do you have this, Your Grace?”

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Chapter 343 A Pattern Emerges

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Hope tightened in Elowen’s chest until it almost hurt. Her voice shook. “Then the doctor you saw in Nordia must have been my grandfather.”

Warren fell silent for a moment, taken aback.

“Now that you mention it… I heard Mrs. Hale was skilled in medicine.”

Emotion swept through Elowen so suddenly it nearly overwhelmed her.

All this time, she’d assumed the Nordians were drawing close to her for political reasons, or because they wanted to use her. But now it made sense. They were doing it because of her grandfather.

She swallowed and asked more softly, “Do you know if he’s still in Nordia?”

Warren shook his head. “After the plague was cured, things turned chaotic. I managed to send a letter home and return to Avenlor, but I don’t know what happened after that.”

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