Chapter 186

"Diana, we need to get out of here."

Sam hurriedly gathered up our things.

"What about Janice and Lebert?"

"I'll stay behind here, my lady."

"Janice!"

"If people find out I've been traveling with you, it'll bring serious harm to Irenber too."

"So you're saying you'll let me go while you stay here and just get caught?"

Janice said nothing. But the way she avoided my eyes told me exactly what she was thinking.

"Do you know what happens if you're caught?"

A witch trial.

A trial that, every single time, without exception, ended in a guilty verdict.

I couldn't let Janice go. I gripped her wrist tightly.

"We're going together."

"You'll come save me, my lady."

"What?"

Janice pushed my hand off her wrist. Looking at me with eyes full of trust, she spoke in a firm, resolute tone.

"This disease has to be stopped. It was His Majesty's…