A Chip of Moon : Chapter 6 Lyulf blinked open his eyes, and all at once the searing pain came back into his ribs. His vision blurred again, but he was sure he saw Queen Ember standing over him. "Mom.." he began, but he could hardly speak. It hurt him that she looked disappointed rather than worried. "You've broken 3 ribs," she announced coldly, "And fractured your ankle." Lyulf wanted to say, 'oh.' but he couldn't. His throat ached, and the pain felt so vicious. A doctor stepped forward, "He'll need to stay here for a while," she glanced nervously at Lyulf. "How long?!" Ember demanded, lashing her tail. "He's the heir! He should be training, learning, not sitting around in a bed, Puff!" Lyulf flinched. The doctor, Puff, winced. "Sorry, but Lyulf needs to rest. He can't even get up- give it a month or two- ok, probably actually three." "THREE MONTHS?!!" Ember exploded, furious. "HOW'S HE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE DOING NOTHING BUT RESTING FOR THREE MONTHS?!!!" "My dear," a new voice in which Lyulf recognized replied, "I'll just have to train Adeen as a back-up." Lyulf recognized that as his father, King Ash, in surprise. Ash had been so keen on training Lyulf, but now Lyulf could feel defeat and disappointment in his father. A failure. That's all Lyulf was going to be to his father. Lyulf knew. King Ash had be disappointed of Lyulf since he was born, and he was told that Lyulf sneezed when he was born and that was apparently not very kingly. Whenever Lyulf tried it never worked out. "Are you done moping," Adeen snapped, and Lyulf realized she was there. "'Cause you should be bowing instead, to your queen." "Future queen," King Ash corrected, "If you don't disappoint me, that is. Don't take your brother as an example and you should be ok." Ouch. "Well, dear, Adeen, we should get going. Rest quickly, Lyulf, at least in two months you should be out of here, if you have any royal blood in you." Would his family ever develop love for him? Or would his heart always feel this empty?
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