He managed to get to her before she fell to the ground. Cradling her in his arms, he called out her name a few times with no response. In seconds, the doorway to the balcony reappeared and the old woman walked up.
"What happened?" she asked.
"She fainted," said Devon.
"I can see that," she replied sarcastically. Agathea then walked over and knelt down beside him. Closing her eyes, she placed her hand on the Princess's head. Devon watched her in silence for a moment. Then her right eye popped open to glare at him, and she said irately, "You told her?"
Apologizing for nothing, he said, "She has a right to know."
"Fool," she said, both eyes open now. "There is a time and place for everything." She took her hand from Blue's head, resting both her hands in her lap. "You stray from the path and look what happens."
He looked down at the woman in his arms. "What? What's wrong? Is something wrong?" he asked, worried.
"She's in shock," Agathea replied. "Aside from a faster heartbeat and a fainting spell, the girl's fine." She stood and headed back the way she had first come.
"Aggie..." he called to her, not knowing what else to say.
She stopped to look at him. He looked so helpless and sad. Things had not gone how he thought they would at all. What was wrong? "Come now," she said, trying her best to be soothing. "Let's make her comfortable, all right?" Devon scooped Blue up into his arms and followed the woman down the hall.
"What happened?" she asked.
"She fainted," said Devon.
"I can see that," she replied sarcastically. Agathea then walked over and knelt down beside him. Closing her eyes, she placed her hand on the Princess's head. Devon watched her in silence for a moment. Then her right eye popped open to glare at him, and she said irately, "You told her?"
Apologizing for nothing, he said, "She has a right to know."
"Fool," she said, both eyes open now. "There is a time and place for everything." She took her hand from Blue's head, resting both her hands in her lap. "You stray from the path and look what happens."
He looked down at the woman in his arms. "What? What's wrong? Is something wrong?" he asked, worried.
"She's in shock," Agathea replied. "Aside from a faster heartbeat and a fainting spell, the girl's fine." She stood and headed back the way she had first come.
"Aggie..." he called to her, not knowing what else to say.
She stopped to look at him. He looked so helpless and sad. Things had not gone how he thought they would at all. What was wrong? "Come now," she said, trying her best to be soothing. "Let's make her comfortable, all right?" Devon scooped Blue up into his arms and followed the woman down the hall.
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