Chapter 244: The Bargain
Kathryn had no idea what was going through the Duke's head. She simply stared at him, her hands clasped tightly before her, her posture rigid with uncertainty. Baron Redwick stood motionless beside the Duke, his spectacles catching the dim glow, his expression unreadable. The dust in the air seemed to hang suspended, as though the room itself was holding its breath.
"I am very certain you have no hearing ailment," Duke Valenridge said calmly. "And even if you did, I am equally certain you would have treated it already, given that you are a physician."
Kathryn's hands tightened in front of her.
"I am merely asking a question," the Duke continued, his voice unhurried. "It is obvious that you have been hurt. Something was done to you. Something that made you remove yourself from court and hide yourself away in the infirmary, treating few others while refusing to let anyone treat you."
