Edmund’s Pov

Fuck… I was in pain. So much pain—my head was throbbing like it was going to explode at any moment and every breath I took felt like fire ripping through my chest. I had to clutch the wall for support as I moved through the hallway because my vision was blurring in and out, the hallway swaying around me.

That geriatric bitch that called herself my mother! If I hadn’t caught the maid that handled my meals red handed lacing my dinner with some sedative , I wouldn’t have known that I have been taking poison all these while. That explained the pain and discomfort I have been...