I woke the next morning still shaking off the assassin’s words, replaying them the moment my eyes opened.*The heirs cannot be allowed to survive.*My hands found my stomach before I’d even fully sat up, checking, needlessly, that everything still felt as it should.Something had shifted permanently overnight. The enemy knew about the twins. They knew how to isolate me. And worse, someone inside this palace had helped make it possible.I refused to let fear swallow me whole. But I couldn’t pretend, lying there, that I still felt entirely safe even within my own chambers.-----The physician examined me again that morning, confirming both children remained healthy, that I’d suffered no physical harm from the attack itself.His concern, though, had shifted toward the emotional toll. “The strain is becoming dangerous in its own way,” he warned, insisting on more rest, fewer confrontations.“Can fear itself hurt them?” I asked.He reassured me it wouldn’t make me a lesser mother. What mat
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