Chapter 29

Sebastian's POV

We heard screaming coming from the hallway.

"What's going on?" my father asked, rising from his chair and I followed suit. 

We rushed out the door and followed the noise to the stairs. My eyes dreaded the sight. Emily was lying on the floor with blood pooling from the back of her head. Cuts and bruises were visible and she wasn't moving.

"WHAT HAPPENED!?" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

"We don't know, Prince Sebastian. We were in the kitchen and we heard a tumbling. When we got here, we found her just like this. She must have tripped over her shoe laces, lost her balance or something," one of the maids explained with tears in her eyes.

"We already called the emergency number, they're on the way," another stated before I could even ask.

I dropped to Emily's level, carefully trying to wake her up.

"Don't move her son," my father commanded.

"Emily, baby, can you hear me? Emily, please make a sound, a movement