Chapter 51: Commence the Courtship
Sterling
I burst into the infirmary, flinging the doors wide open.
“SARIAH!” I bellowed.
“Your Highness,” said the matron indignantly, clutching her hand to her chest.
I was panting, having just ran all the way here at top speed. The matron was quite short. She could barely be seen sitting at her desk behind a high counter. I supposed that was why I hadn’t noticed her miniature in the model castle’s infirmary.
I ran over to the bed where I had left Sariah. The drew the curtains surrounding the bed to find that the bedsheets were messy but the bed itself was empty. Had Sariah gotten up to use the bathroom? Before I could turn this room upside down and inside out, I heard a distinctive little moan.
“Sariah?” I said quizzically, approaching the bed.
