[Eskal]

Lucas checked on the soup and tasted it to make sure he didn't over season it while Silette was away. The bought of light-headedness had finally passed and the pain was fading. He touched his belly as the child inside him stirred. "I hope you didn't feel any of that," he said quietly. "You've had a stressful day as it is." His mind wandered back to Henry and the hurt he saw in the man's eyes. Perhaps the prince had stronger feelings for him than he previously thought. Lucas shook the thought from his head and served up two bowls of the soup and began slicing some bread to go with it.