Chapter 197

Yarrington caught the Queen before she fell, handing her to the King as

soon as he reached her side. Xandar rushed her to Dr Yeil's medical

centre. Christian, Annie, the alliance, Ken and Janice all waited along the

corridor outside the doctor's room.

Xandar was looking at his mate's unconscious body on the examination

table in dismay. He felt her blacking out from across the hall, and the

next thing he knew, he was witnessing her petite figure falling before

the Education Minister caught her in swift motion

Dr Yeil extracted some blood, and got one of his nurses to go have it

analysed. Two minutes into the body examination with his second

nurse, Lucianne let out a moan. Xandar rushed to her side without a

second thought and asked frantically, “Baby. Baby, can’ you hear me?”

Her eyes fluttered open, and her gaze shifted from her mate to Dr Yeil

and his nurse before her sights returned to Xandar as she asked, “Wh-

what happened?”

"You passed out, sweetheart. How are you feeling?”

“A little dizzy.” she responded.

Xandar lifted her off the table, and held her close to his chest, using the

mate-bond to ease her discomfort. Lucianne kept her eyes closed as

she concentrated on Xandar's scent and heartbeat, and another three

minutes later, she could open her eyes without seeing her surroundings

spinning.

She reached for her mate's cheek as she muttered, “Thank you, my

love.”

He smiled in relief knowing that she felt better, and pecked a kiss on

her forehead before he muttered, “Anything for you, Lucy.”

He sat her in a chair when the nurse came in with Lucianne’s blood test

results. What was odd was that the nurse was smiling. DI Yeil and the

other nurse looked at their colleague in bewilderment before turning

their eyes to the report. They were shocked at what they saw before a

smile graced both their features

The doctor looked at the King and Queen, and smiled radiantly as he

said, “It seems you can heal from just about anything, my Queen

Congratulations, your Highnesses. You're pregnant.”

Xandar and Lucianne froze at the statement. Lucianne blinked a few

times before she shook herself out of her daze and asked, “I'm sorry, Dr

Yeil. I'm quite certain I didn't hear you right. What did you just say?”

The nurses smiled wider when the doctor said, “I doubt you heard me

wrong, your Highness. You've healed from the infertility poison, and

now, you're with child. It's two days old, so the heartbeat is still faint.

Give it another five more days, and you'll be able t o hear it easily in a

quiet room. It looks like the Kingdom can welcome a new addition to

the royal family in eighteen weeks time.”

Xandar knelt before Lucianne, and pressed an ear over her abdomen,

where he detected the beautiful sound of a beating drum. His eyes

glistened in joy when he looked up at his mate and cupped her cheeks

as he exclaimed in a hushed voice, “You're pregnant!”

Lucianne’s own eyes glistened as well when she chuckled in elation for

a moment as she looked down at her still-flat belly, her thumb stroking

it lovingly. For the first time in so long, she felt that the Moon Goddess

didn’t hate her. It was because their Goddess gifted her the ability to

heal from poisons that she was able to conceive again. Then, something

came to her mind.

With bright, inquisitive eyes, Lucianne asked Dr Yeil, “The last time there

was infertility poison in my system, you said that you sent my blood to

the lab, Dr Yeil?"

Xandar stood by her side and faced the doctor as the old man

answered, “1 did. I called the head of the department just yesterday,

your Highnesses, but my colleague over there confirmed that there's no

change in your blood composition. It's still the blood of an infertile

creature.”

“But the blood in my body is now healed?” Lucianne confirmed.

Di Yeil looked at the report in his hand and said, “It appears so, my

Queen. There are no traces of infertility poison in your body, or any

poison for that matter. But I must say, the recovery phase did take a

longer time compared to silver and Oleander.”

“Why is that?” Xandar asked.

Looking up from the report, the doctor answered, “My best guess? It's

because the hormones required to conceive took time to return to their

normal levels. You see, your Highnesses, the infertility poison wipes out

the hormones required for pregnancy and...i s supposed to inhibit

production of such hormones from the organ producing them

indefinitely. To put it simply, the poison was... supposed to turn off the

production switch in the organ, much like how lethal poisons such as

silver and Oleander turn off the functionality switch in vital organs.

But..."

Dr Yeil looked at the report again and said, “If we learned anything

about the Queen's immune system, it's that her organs know

how to take care of themselves. Since the switch in her organs never

allows anything external to turn them off.. at least not permanently, she

retained the ability to continue hormonal production. It took this long

because hormones may take days, weeks, o r months, in some cases, to

return to their normal levels, depending on one’s diet and lifestyle.

According to this report, your hormones are now at healthy levels to

carry a child, my Queen.”

Lucianne was speechless as she continued staring at the medical

professionals. Xandar caressed her shoulders before he pecked a kiss in

Lucianne’s hair and uttered, “Amazing.”

Lucianne then asked, “So, if I gave you my blood that has healed from

the poison, and you sent it to your colleagues in the lab, do you think

they can study the blood composition and develop an antidote to cure

someone who has succumbed to the same poison?”

Everyone's eyes snapped wide open. Dr Yeil composed himself and said,

“Technically speaking, and if we were to be optimistic, it should be

possible, your Highness.”

Xandar caught up to his mate's thoughts. She was thinking about

Annie. Lucianne wanted to know if there was something in her blood

that could be replicated to heal her. The thought of how selfless she

was even in this made Xandar's heart melt.

With her doe eyes, Lucianne looked up at her mate and asked, “You

don't mind if I gave some of my blood, do you? It won't affect the

child.”

Xandar lowered himself to peck a kiss between her eyebrows and said,

"Of course not, sweetheart. I think it's a great idea.”

Lucianne’s eyes sparkled when she said, “In that case,” she looked back

at the doctor and nurses as she said, “Take a little more of my blood,

please. See if it can cure anything else.”

“Not too much of it though.” Xandar said with worry. He didn’t want

her to faint again.

Lucianne rolled her eyes and said, “I doubt Dr Yeil will take everything,

darling.”

Dr Yeil affirmed her statement, “Medical protocol doesn't allow us to

extract more than three syringes of blood from a pregnant woman, my

King.”

Xandar's tense shoulders relaxed, and he heaved a relieved sigh before

pecking another kiss on his mate's forehead as he said,” That's good to

know.”

After giving them the blood, Xandar and Lucianne agreed to keep the

last part of their medical consultation from the Duke and Duchess until

they actually have good news. They didn't want to get Christian and

Annie's hopes up and then shoot it to the ground later on if and when

there was no cure.

In the hallway, everyone's eyes snapped to Lucianne and Xandar, and

when the smiling couple told them that they were expecting, the

strained atmosphere lightened as everyone conveyed their

congratulations. The two most excited people were Janice, who couldn't

wait to welcome another grandchild, and Annie, who couldn't wait to

be a distant aunt. Since Xandar was close to her and Christian, Annie

doubted that they'd be distant at all!

Toby's cheeky demeanor replaced his worried features as he said, “A

dynamite carrying a dynamite. This is definitely one safe Kingdom to

live in."