Chapter 206 - A High Fever (2/2)

”I will be checking on you later princess. Please rest well.” Martha said and tucked me inside my blanket. She closed the lights from the chandelier and the room went dim once more.

”No, don't go away.” My voice was low as a whisper. They weren't able to hear me. ”Please don't leave me alone in the dark.” I pleaded.

The door was closed by Martha and the room fell silent. I can't fight any longer with my heavy eyelids and succ.u.mbed to a restless sleep.

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I can feel my body was so heavy and I was breathing heavily. I know I was down with a fever and my feeling was very uncomfortable.

I opened my eyes to a dark cold room around me. This was my old room the first time I arrived in Alvannia when I was still young. Because father brought me to the palace unexpectedly, I wasn't given my own courtyard yet. And so I was given a small bare room in an old building inside the palace. The room only has one old bed and cabinet and was small and cramped. I also didn't have any maids or servants attending to me and so I was all alone.

It was the middle of the night and I felt that I was hot to the touch. ”Mama…” I called for my mother. ”Mama, I don't feel good.”

Tears are streaming from my eyes, but I know that my mother won't come. She had just died, that is why my father took me with him inside the palace. My head was swirling and my body was feeling heavier.

My head was a little hazy and when my mind was somewhat clearing out I thought something.

'Why was I in my old room in Alvannia?' I thought. 'This is only a dream.' I am convinced.

I am remembering the day when I fell sick just a few weeks after entering the palace when I was young. I was all alone inside that small cramped room and was sick with no one around to help me.

'This is only a dream.” I convinced myself.

I was able to recover from that fever when I was young luckily, even without anyone helping me. But the trauma I have gotten after that stuck with me. Every time I caught a cold or feel sick and unwell, I will remember that cold dark night alone. I felt helpless and afraid, thinking that no one was there for me.

”Tricia…” I called. Whenever I get sick after that incident, Tricia was there for me. She always stayed by my side to comfort me. ”Tricia… where are you?”

My heart was thumping loudly, I was scared… so scared of being alone in the dark. I was not feeling well and my body was feeling uncomfortable. I dreaded being alone with such a condition.

”Leon…” I called for my love. ”Where are you? I don't want to be alone.”

I can feel my body shiver, the fear of being alone in the dark was getting to me. I can feel tears streaming down my face.

”Someone… anyone?” I called out. ”I don't want to be alone… please.” I plead.

”Alicia… Alicia.” I can hear a man's voice next to me.

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