The Lyncan king stared at her in amazement. Is this woman really the mother of his son? He must have been very drunk to have mated with her that night.

'That is the difference between a mother and a father', he said, desperately, exasperated at her behaviour. 'You can at least try!'

Camellia could do nothing but go to him and placed her hands on his chest. 'Oh, Moon Goddess, let Lionel rise that it may be a true proof of my kinship with him!' she preyed silently

She kept doing that and pressing his chest but nothing happened. The doctor came back in administered some drugs and asked them...