“Is that why you won’t let me carry that bag?” Elias asked.
“What do you mean?” I asked, confused.
“Because I told you to only grab the essentials. You didn’t want me to know you brought those books,” he said.
“Well, these are essential to me. I need to understand all of this,” I replied.
“I get that. I’m not upset that you took it. How far have you gotten?” he asked, settling down beside me.
“I’m still in the 1300s. The King and Queen had ten children. Three of them died when they were little, and one of them got married but didn’t have any kids. Another one was exiled after being disgraced, but I don’t know why yet. I’m going to try and find out. But from the five who did have children, that gave the King and Queen forty-one grandchildren. Clearly, no one knew what birth control was
