"Let me help you walk around since you have been sitting for a while now," Livia said, offering Evie her hand. "Sure, thank you so much," Evie said, taking her arm and standing up.
"What do you crave? Sweet things, or salty or savoury things?" she asked as they moved away, leaving Isabella staring after them.
"I have always loved sweet things, but since my pregnancy, I find myself craving salty or savoury foods," she said as they exited the hall into the garden.
Livia smiled, her face blooming into a wide smile. "Then you are about to give me a grandnephew," she said excitedly. "Finally, thanks to you, the Valerian Empire is going to have an heir," she added.
"As long as I have a healthy child, that is all that matters," Evie replied, breathing the fresh air of the garden. The perfume and incense of the people in the hall were starting to give her a headache.
