"Is there any way to help her?" Erika asked as she stepped closer to the Princess.
Anneliese wiped her tears away.
"Julian has taught me a lot about poisons," she said. "There is one thing that can cure every poison."
"What is it?" Erika asked hopefully.
"Rosa centifolia." Anneliese answered.
"Where are we going to get one?" Erika worried.
"It's my favourite flower. I have plenty of them in my room," the Princess said.
"I'll go and get it." Erika ran to the door. "You keep an eye on the Queen."
And just like that, she was gone.
Anneliese looked at her mother. She lay still. She had a doleful look on her face. She didn't even seem to be alive anymore.
Erika ran and ran. She didn't even stop to help the guards hold on to Preminger.
She made it to the Princess's room and looked around. There were so many roses!
"Are they all rosa centifolias?" Erika wondered.
She picked one of the roses and hurried back to the Queen.
"I hope it's the right one," she thought.
Anneliese was still sitting next to her mother when Erika rushed in.
"I think I've got it," she said, and walked quickly to the Princess and the Queen.
"Thank you," Anneliese said, and Erika handed the rose to her.
The Princess took two petals from the flower and put them into her mother's mouth.
"Please let this work," both of the girls thought.
