Chapter 42

George returned to meet Felix with Evander and Simon. Simon was a noble who also sat with the king in the chamber of meetings.

Although he held no serious position like Evander or Felix, the king still held him up in high esteem. He was more or less considered the doctor of all the wolves and yet he never treated anyone else but the king and Felix, but only once in a while.

"Felix, I heard your urgent call. What happened?" Simon asked as soon as he entered the chamber. He found Felix seated in the head seat where the king usually sat. "Where is Calhoun?"

"Calhoun is ill," Felix answered. "And it's an illness I have never heard of or seen in my life."

"What?" Evander exclaimed. "What happened to him? What does it look like?"

"I was hoping Simon could shed some light on it," Felix said, gesturing to the king's bedroom. The other two men found their way into the room to see Calhoun sleeping peacefully in his bed. It was a rare sight that no one ever saw.

Calhoun slept with no expressio