Said No to the Prince and Yes to the King novel Chapter 249

Chapter 249 Snapped Clean in Two

Cyan asked, “Has Prince Theodore come back yet?”

The two young maids standing guard at the door shook their heads.

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Cyan frowned tightly. He heard Darren was staying in the guest chamber next door, then hurried straight over to find him.

He spoke anxiously. “The royal palace has no Eternal Ganoderma, and not a single sprig of Spiritwither Herb either. Is there any other medicinal herb that can take their place?”

Darren had just lain down to rest and scrambled out of bed the second he heard the voice. “Not even the palace keeps them in stock?”

Cyan ground his teeth in frustration. “Word has it Queen Norma once owned an extremely rare Eternal Ganoderma, but no one can tell if the rumor is true. Prince Theodore is away, and we subordinates have no right to ask Queen Norma for the herb. As for Spiritwither Herb, there is none to be found anywhere in the palace. We can only hope Prince Theodore manages to track one down.”

He quickly followed up with another question. “Who’s staying by Ms. Campbell’s side to look after her?”

Darren replied, “I believe Megan is with her.”

Cyan froze in surprise. “I passed her on my way back just now. She said she was leading a group to search every medicine shop across Breston for the required herbs.”

Rage flared in Cyan’s eyes. “That means no one is guarding Ms. Campbell right now?”

With that, he took a group of guards and rushed straight to the private bedchamber.

He let out a quiet sigh of relief only after confirming Margaret was still lying safely in bed.

Cyan issued a stern order. “Leave two maids here to attend to her closely. Report to me at once if anything out of the ordinary happens.”

The two maids nodded, then walked over to the bedside with their heads bowed respectfully.

One maid sensed something was wrong, plucked up her courage, and pressed her palm to Margaret’s forehead. Her face paled with alarm instantly. “This is bad–Ms. Campbell has a high fever.”

Cyan’s tone turned urgent. “Go fetch Mr. Kingston right away. The two of you assist him and take the very best care of Ms. Campbell, no matter what happens. I’m taking a few men to go support Prince Theodore. If we haven’t returned by nightfall, you must make Mr. Kingston keep Ms. Campbell alive at all costs, whatever the price.”

The two maids replied in unison, “We understand.”

Cyan hurried out of the chamber right after giving his instructions.

Keith had been hiding quietly on the palace rooftop this entire time. He finally breathed easy when he saw attendants filling the bedchamber to keep watch over Margaret.

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He muttered to himself, “Spiritwither Herb… Eternal Ganoderma…”

Time slipped by, and the sky soon broke into full daylight.

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Margaret drifted, trapped in her dream for what felt like endless hours. The sharp pain all over her body finally faded away little by little.

Her body felt so light and weightless. She was like a wandering spirit, floating aimlessly in midair inside this

dream.

Margaret could faintly hear Keith’s voice ringing in her ears.

She could not make out his exact words, yet she seemed to see him leave a large sack of silver coins beside her.

Margaret held the heavy bag and counted the coins over and over, but the pile never seemed to shrink or end.

The scene shifted all at once, and she found herself standing deep within a wild, fog–shrouded forest.

Thick white mist swirled all around her, so dense that she could not see her own hand stretched out in front of her face.

Cyan’s voice drifted over from the fog. “Prince Theodore, don’t go closer! It’s far too dangerous!”

Right after that, countless figures rushed forward toward the cliff edge.

Panic tightened Margaret’s chest, and she ran frantically in the same direction.

What unfolded before her eyes was a sheer, towering cliff face.

In the blink of an eye, her dreamlike form floated suspended above the empty drop of the cliff.

Her heart skipped a beat with terror.

She stared in shock at Theodore, covered head to toe in fresh wounds, dangling halfway down the cliff. A thick vine was wrapped tightly around his waist. He gripped a jagged rock firmly with one hand, while stretching his other slowly toward a wild herb growing out of the cliff crevice.

Up on the clifftop, Cyan looked beside himself with worry, leaning over the edge and shouting Theodore’s name nonstop.

Many guards fetched long ropes and tossed them down from above, yet the ropes still fell just short of reaching him.

Thick white fog shrouded the bottom of the cliff, hiding its endless depth from view.

Venomous snakes slithered across the steep cliff face every now and then–the mere sight was enough to send chills down anyone’s spine.

Margaret wanted to rush forward to help, yet her body grew lighter by the second, drifting upward against her will.

She screamed desperately toward the cliff, “Theodore, have you lost your mind? What are you doing? You’ll

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fall to your death!”

No matter how loud she shouted, Theodore acted as if he could not hear a single word.

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