Chapter 76 Unexpected Audience
Chapter 76 Unexpected Audience.
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“No need,” Morgan replied. “Though we have never met, any woman who carries one of prescriptions must share some sliver of connection with me.”
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Thomas swallowed his protest, nerves coiled tight, yet he dared not stand against his master’s decision.
“The recipe in my hand–yes, this very set of dosages and ratios–came from none other than you, Divine Doctor,” Fiona admitted, her voice steady yet the faintest tremor betrayed the burden these words carried.
Morgan leaned forward, curiosity flickering behind his calm gaze. “Then tell me, in what manner did I impart such knowledge to you?”
“It was spoken–no ink, no parchment. You dictated, and I repeated inside my head, again and again, until the cadence of each herb and measure flowed as naturally as breath.”
Morgan allowed a small, approving smile. “Honest, I see. That is indeed the only way. Those mixtures were born of idle moments, never recorded, never spoken aloud. Apart from me, no second soul could know them.”
Thomas fixed Fiona with a hawk–like stare. “Master, you have never met this woman. How can any of this stand? Besides, one of those prescriptions calls for a substance even you have never laid eyes on.”
Fiona weighed her words, then spoke quietly. “I can explain everything to the Divine Doctor, but could you leave us first, Thomas?”
Thomas‘ jaw tightened, reluctant to abandon his master to a stranger.
Morgan raised a hand, tone unpressed by fear. “Go on. Wait outside.”
Thomas hesitated, then backed out of the room, yet he stationed himself directly beyond the threshold. Through the half–open door, Fiona could still see the outline of his vigilant figure.
Inside, Fiona weighed possibilities with swift precision. Morgan saved lives for a living; he had watched the veil between death and breath flutter countless times. Perhaps talk of rebirth
would not strike him as madness.
Yet the very rumor that he might be entangled in court intrigue tightened a new knot of fear around her heart. A reckless confession could invite disaster upon her fragile second life.
Fiona drew a breath. “Divine Doctor, if you must know, I saw the formula in a dream—nothing
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Morgan surveyed her a moment, then pointed toward a wall of drawers. “Be so kind as to bring me the jar on the third shelf from the left.”
Fiona rose without protest, crossed the room, and retrieved the requested vial.
Morgan accepted the glass, his eyes soft with a scholar’s fascination. “This is Gilded Poppy. Legend crowns it a bloom that yanks souls back from the brink. When you appeared, I wondered if you had died and been born anew.”
The single sentence struck Fiona like a thunderclap; her pulse fluttered, her grip on the vial tightening as though it were suddenly the only solid thing in the room.
Until now, she had believed her second chance was a gift dropped straight from heaven. Morgan’s words cracked that certainty.
Could someone, somewhere, have orchestrated her return–risked everything to rewind her fate?
Morgan continued, voice low. “Gilded Poppy grows only in killing cold. Hundreds may search a lifetime and never witness its fruit. One careless move while harvesting and both picker and plant are lost. Tales of resurrection remain unproven.”
Fiona murmured, “Still, someone braved that peril for a rumor. Incredible.”
Morgan’s tone was almost clinical. “Countless people risk everything because they cannot bear to watch someone they love slip away.”
The room fell into a charged hush. Fiona folded her thoughts behind a careful mask.
Morgan offered a faint, reassuring smile. “We physicians are inclined to poke at every oddity under the sun, Miss. Think nothing of my curiosity.”
Fiona forced a brittle laugh. “The legend is certainly fantastical”
Morgan’s eyes twinkled as they lingered on her. “So is your dream, young lady.”
The Divine Doctor’s expression was unreadable, leaving Fiona guessing how much of her story
he truly accepted. Yet she sensed a thin veil of doubt flickering in his eyes.
A year earlier, she had slipped beneath the frozen surface of the Serpentine Canal and had been hauled out with lips the color of dusk. In Jexburgh, everyone still whispered about that miracle recovery, so verifying her brush with death would take him no effort at all.
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