CHAPTER NINE

CATHERINE'S POV

I haven't seen Burke for two days now. On a normal day, that wouldn't have bothered me but the threat Ava, his wife-to-be made a few days ago, made me want to talk to him.

"Bring the bowl closer," I said to one of the maids called Susan, who assisted me in plucking herbs to cure Ethan's Affliction.

The Affliction does not have a cure, so I decided to use native herbs to try and cure him. Crescent Pack had a lot of herbs and plants, so searching for a ...