Chapter 11 In Dreams

• If things had worsened a bit for the empress and her family at dusk, the dawn had been downright terrible. No one had closed their eyes for an instant. An had started experiencing episodes of mild convulsions that had been worsening as time went by.
• An had been muttering unintelligible things every half an hour; they didn't even sound like words. Heng had to leave the room, trying to contain his anguish at seeing his wife in this state. Why her? If the universe wanted to make someone pay, why not him? The suffering his beloved wife was going through was inhumane, unfair, and she didn't deserve it. She, who was the most peaceful being he had ever known in his entire life.
• In one of those episodes, An had opened her eyes wide and extended her hands as if reaching out for something; then she returned to the state she had been in most of the time. Shun had tried to talk to his mother, but to no avail. While Jin continued changing the cold compresses to lower her fever, every attempt to improve the situation only made things worse for An.