News had already spread around the palace about Her Highness's delivery, and now it was even more shocking that it would soon move around the village—especially with the newspapers already circulating.
Not to mention, it would not only circulate through the villages but reach other towns and maybe even the vampire lands. That might take weeks, but that didn't mean it wouldn't eventually get there.
Ariana now sat in a wheelchair, her clothes changed into a gown as Leah had helped her with a bath. She had been rubbed with kennel ointment some minutes ago. The wheelchair was positioned beside her little daughter's bed, as she had just finished breastfeeding the baby, who was now sound asleep.
Leah walked toward Ariana as she uncapped a small bottle.
"Lady Ariana, this is the black water. It will help with your legs," she said.
Ariana nodded, but Leah almost laughed at the way she looked at it—like she was praying it wasn't what she thought it was…
