The lady in the forest!

Evan pov contd.

"But it is fine. I am a reasonable man. As long as you punish the knight appropriately I will forget everything and will treat the child wholeheartedly." the man continued to blabber. 

His whole attention was on the face of the duchess as his eyes shone while he did not even pass a look to the child he was talking so sympathetically about. But she didn't even turn to look at him once. Her whole attention was on the kid. but i could see the annoyance had started to fill the duchess whose grip on her sword was getting tighter every passing second. 

Before she would decide to make me the target too with the physician, I walked hastily towards her direction. But before I could take it a step further.. The physician blocked me.