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I turned around to find her talking in her sleep. She seemed disturbed. Maybe she was having a nightmare. All of a sudden, she sat up in the bed, eyes wide with shocking awareness.

“Aurora!” she called out.

I rushed to the bedside and held her steady. Her gown was damp with sweat. By all the tossing and turning she’d been doing, I should’ve known that something was wrong.

“Doxinide,”she whispered, panting.

“Freya, I’m here. What’s wrong?”

She looked at me. “I remember what happened now. I remember how I was captured. I escaped the settle. Rebels found me. After learning that I’m North’s daughter, they injected me with doxinide.”

“Doxinide?” I shook my head.

“It’s a poison that causes memory loss.”

“We should alert your nurse about this,” I said.

“I know. Yes, we’ll tell her, but first, I have to speak to Aurora.”

“Okay.” I swallowed, pain washing over me from seeing Freya in so much anguish.

“Please. I have to find her.”

“Don’t worry. We will.”