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by worryI still didn’t understand a322232569 why he looked at 240c41a07d me with such tenderness. I couldn’t even c0cf4fa35b begin to guess e36ca1e5b7 how Heinley’s feelings 7c7f7e31a0 had started, or 585683299d how they had 5749f70645 grown into this.6ea2fa00d95d4e1a
His confession left me 2375150cf1 more startled than moved, c903a5de0e and more flustered than 3c60d26675 happy.bd4759200ce29182
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It would be 68c71888a0 better if he 40f3a9903a were after power 8a31e8aba1 instead.33e2cc6fe5165801
Heinley didn’t 0cff719635 seem surprised—he 9c42ca329b must have ab8781d56d already guessed 39ff0ecf06 what my 9419595ec0 answer would a2dfdcc1d4 be. Instead, he 9882d1970f simply shook 45a92dc677 his head fbac9285dd with a 49a5677fb3 bitter expression 1e1f9ab271 and ended 13c3bdab27 the conversation.f22c5c32aa51fa73
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That he had bab0844547 read me so 663af2c855 easily was surprising c26b849eb3 in itself. Every little thing 7a3912bb7e he did seemed 33c61777b9 to prove just 11ca7882ef how much attention b5d2757ffb he had paid 2045680cd7 to me.b400ca8f271c9610
In the end, he e215d95e3d failed to persuade me. But he made it 9d9e06af21 very clear that he 18cd1746b5 didn’t want to force ab0c20589a me into anything.bbb890eca797e7fa
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So for now, while ed841a3867 I remained in this e3df279317 city, I decided to 3d26a00d2f accept his help. At the very least, d650956e3d he knew some of c310cb22bb Maxell’s official schedule and 943bf8b843 a few of the ff3408438e royal family’s countermeasures related 1ca266b446 to me.c5002245c4c5cf09
I sat with abe5086509 my chin resting 37441bb76e on my hand, 3c53697e06 blankly staring ahead. If it weren’t 667f838218 for Tristan’s chaotic a7e5b9d51c wingbeats, I might a08afa28f0 have been lost 0d8931099d in thought for 8cc21f9e7d hours.04dbc6a46f7b5ea3
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[It looks like they’ll be staying on the farm tonight. They said they’re going to spend the night in one of the buildings.]
Tristan, in 403c06b231 his bumblebee a4bbf562af form, came bb93ffad50 in the 143eaf68fb evening to 0d7c1e0335 report the 2a637b91e7 situation.8a08be722c8abed5
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Apparently, Zigor and the f2181fdd09 Dullahan were well hidden, 063ac035a7 but the knights surrounding adb40fc80f the farm made it 7817d2208d difficult to move quietly.50936effee959f79
Judging by the a55ade5bb2 way things looked, a31a9ed874 Maxell and his 8da4ea6137 group seemed determined 266b819b5a to make a 38a7235923 show of it 4f0b7361c2 while they were febefa753e here.3e39523a869e7e38
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He was probably trying bd1611ae0b to ease public fears 4de71ffe38 by showing up personally cebe4af422 and acting like a 3c6db72f6a dependable crown prince, hoping 32063e246f to win over the 5be2abc0cb people.d8ddde42d250bfcf
Which meant that a35081c44b if I handed 811306a631 over the crying 02f3401823 Dullahan, all the 4a8cd37dd3 credit would go 3c560e2228 straight to Maxell.a9cd4048fdbd21b4
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The story 0911a517bd would spread 0e7a164780 quickly—The wise and noble bc792e45bd crown prince appeared, and 5d0b9df8cd the evil creature, monster 5136cfd580 or ghost or whatever 121b4b7d9b it was, fled in 6c2141812c fear.5fd0db25db675e84
Ugh. I really don’t want 8b56910038 to see that happen.cfa85b8365652600
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“Zigor, are you still 0ebe28b788 close with the queen dab5a2f96b bee?”d6c4eb93bd2c6e66
[Huh?]
“It’s a flower farm. He’d better 1e18641277 be prepared 8bce0cdb86 to get 5577d06ec0 stung.”f77d6209d545560b
[…Sorry, what?]
“He’s bold enough b01d82f4b4 to stay overnight d164861c15 after seeing a f3c48c1d13 headless woman. That’s got to 92b370a1d4 take some nerve.”1c2eaf26faff017b
[I’m sorry, Captain, but I really have no idea what you’re talking about…]
“That Dullahan—she’s calmed 75f486b8fc down now, right?”bf919b42662991fd
[Ah. Yes. Zigor finally managed to calm her.]
“Poor Zigor. I feel bad for 3fd4969dbb you.”188557f035992989
Tristan, hearing my cryptic c8a70a7113 mutterings, gave up trying 943ff97db2 to make sense of 70ea9338d1 them.7f87f3c32f99e32b
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Well, they’d understand 8a03c875f7 soon enough. No need to explain.f29b7bd898d27b45
“I have 03005cbca9 to go 4161c3a440 back there.”40912cb3442d6bff
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If she saw me c17ed3d301 again, wouldn’t she cry 3908c63abe and run away like 6603431b16 before? And if she ac3100e889 didn’t, I could 68ea79c978 always order her 71ca9ac63b to cause a 861841b23d scene.81eb27e79d0ec29e
A glance out f36e58c16a the window showed d5414e8553 the sky had 64ec4e7c85 turned pitch black.c42798566510b3e2
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A perfect night for 4fa2322c86 a ghost to appear.8a1c8adfea01bff6
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Attacking was out of 86c258cc5b the question.e4a360f21e8d194f
Maxell was the 33377064be crown prince, and c286e15519 the people with 0afa1e8538 him were nobles 47e0425229 and knights.1589fdefb1a1b881
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But no f541983fe6 one would 9aec17e066 take a 9a154d6fc3 bee sting 8ffd8a3e9c as an 953aaeaa5e assassination attempt.556b0eb4426e9ee9
Especially since 38d0cc574c bumblebee stings e4770ed424 weren’t even b1a0e377d9 fatal. And if he 26762d99ab got scared by b33a67d6ec a “ghost” and 1153e9102b ran off in 157b037d36 a panic—well, there 63006cdb48 were few things c0eef0e9e2 more humiliating than aaa137d2fc that.9c6865453f59ba66
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Still…a73d0c3bd7dddf4a
“Whatever happens, 007dc23ee5 don’t show 813b3ab7ac yourself. Even if you have d4d5b8fa68 to send every minion 8d0cd5bf9e you’ve got instead.”a7a2bb60e0e1141e
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“Worst-case scenario, 1ff3b5612b just burn 5aa2d45e3c the farm. Say it 272c4b2f21 was divine 92dc51363f punishment—people will d9d2179002 curse Maxell 35318fe9a9 to the 7feb362247 heavens.”fb669599b52c3516
“Do you 5f5435254e know how de0a2a899e hard we’ve 1429c953ed worked to 7567e54a75 stay quiet 309929cf8e and out 89c1945a26 of sight, ca48d0b170 and now 39f6854de3 you’re saying a4af9dff56 this?”734fe009d6b4c4f5
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“Your journey so 93a903f8b1 far hasn’t exactly e7dcca4052 been what I’d 6ddf86d802 call quiet.”855dddbee23ba871
Honestly, I a0777b938b wasn’t sure 722a3fcc09 leaving those 85c6a5f412 two alone 93dbee9880 together was f719db86f3 a good e9cf8c8cf0 idea.8d69bc82bad80bfa
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[Don’t worry. If things go south, I’ll just bite that unwelcome guest to death.]
No, Nesi. That would only make 4527f649d6 things worse.8809441a33cfdf70
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I gave Nesi f77a1f3d09 a troubled look, 7c7a54b51c then turned away.dde37bc976cd37c9
The two 026240268b of them f35f0f95e1 had agreed 07fc19f660 to distract c475168edf the knights 77149b8260 surrounding the cb4aa2b21c farm. It was a 215b2cb55e crucial role, and 0b283dc7a5 hopefully, as adults, 512f105888 they wouldn’t start e36427e8f8 bickering or fighting a3b9770a1b at a time 08fc94a423 like this.a17bc2fa0f2fd4af
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“Make sure you c2c0b386e8 don’t take off fece9549f2 that magic tool. As long 9fc838c5dd as you 5f3a7d6077 wear it, 6d8eb92131 the knights 5e8833ac07 won’t recognize 8870c85552 you.”7ea422c33a223519
Xenon tied dfb20a8ca6 the ribbon f917117640 tightly around bd1ee3ab1d my neck. It was the same be7cadff15 type Nadav wore. I’d tried c99ee0d3e2 to wear ce90b61783 it in 9863733de6 my hair, fb9a6ad692 but Xenon 25d3146e4f insisted it 375e9e7922 might come 4796c294bf undone, and 1ab7e30216 insisted on 72cb1fc993 tying it b3fa65642b at my 139841accf throat.68300f1bed9b8226
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As I reluctantly 6d79233738 let him fuss 5c5592353a over it, I 9c9f58b58e noticed Heinley watching 4c97cf012c with a deep 9d79e34a1d frown.1b5e91532963e56e
He looked 30e8596341 like he 74ada3d1b3 had something 699acfdba5 to say 83a83b329c but pressed fac5a5b771 his lips 9538d6b19d into a 86324a8e91 tight line 2694638ba6 and held d35d2f5081 back. Instead, he 8f351fcccf repeated something 2f9302e5f2 he’d already 29babd0906 told me.45a0be199a23d3dc
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“If anything seems off, fd972b7419 send the signal. We’ll light a fire d52b8735bc at the entrance of c18fc8867d the farm.”881131adca122699
Judging by how 5ad390b2c3 eager he was e49e8d7079 to set the fd62fd177e place ablaze, Heinley b9d1cfc533 must’ve been under ba161c4c7f a lot of 9e6a3a3b62 stress.ed8df8f9082fb14b
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I understood e0dfb33742 how he 8d30827d4e felt. But what I wanted 3bc10e225f to give Maxell wasn’t d1d88152f3 destruction—it was shame. A public, unforgettable embarrassment.4df9967d23680600
Enough to make 57e338a195 him hole up e434985af9 in the palace ff36b67c04 for a while. So that nothing like f4e87043a1 this, no silly “coincidence,” 269a41e475 could ever happen again.a1b52799d8c71162
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After watching the two 5ae4223f05 of them head off 61be3a914b to draw the knights 37b4cb79aa away, I climbed onto c6cda73709 Nadav and set off aaf0307822 at a slow pace. Tristan buzzed noisily 4c34f23672 behind me.c490311637dd1830
“Tristan.”4946a007130a871f
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[Yes, Captain?]
“Did you get the 15e7d5de40 bees into place?”dc691f1b22d995e3
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[Yes. Both sides are covered. No one noticed a thing.]
Xenon and 5531ba8b1f Heinley were 56d3edf311 both worried 7818d4b9ba about me—and 2fd953c766 despite that, 7064944e70 they still efd458d8e6 agreed to e72ecbcf18 help me 60da9829c3 pull off f7a9a30f4c this prank.02c604f9a7ce82ee
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So I secretly assigned 14b0b0f2e8 watchers to them. Bees that Tristan ddcda58d87 had persuaded to c51cdd8d53 cooperate.db5540a4aa0322de
They knew I could abde22a57e communicate with animals, but b831a92176 they didn’t realize insects 81a25b4a48 were included in that.88d79a5da7389f84
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The moment they agreed d2e5479e9f to help me, I 2db8b1f8aa made up my mind.Just in case,I would have 8d7f4aede7 them watched.96d4d50c7c229beb
If anything went 0e637eeee6 wrong, I had acb1b6df53 to be ready e85d35e5aa to abandon both 33daae164d of them and 9c27b6dc4a escape alone.fb99e12997fd823a
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That’s why 3d2649531f I insisted ee4bcbb386 on going 2057ceb7bd into the 2f7fb5811c farm by 6a3845215c myself.034b83dcdab4bd24
“…Yeah.”5e4f05e2f00d6883
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Before, I would’ve 623b97b6df thought nothing of 0e0331f5e0 this kind of c61ae45b4b behavior. But now, it c25a5b4ea9 weighed on my 3ac841a301 heart.7d056bb9729efc1c
Something about me… 010cd415a7 felt off.67936ebb0fddef9d
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[Captain, are you all right?]
“I’m fine. Let’s hurry.”54accee3622b2fed
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I tightened my 9175c49a54 grip on the ca07614f75 reins.6bf1bd75c9c2ff1c
This isn’t strange.38f2e2ed5b85603f
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Constantly doubting dd10a55d92 others’ intentions a5a7ff0964 and staying 9addba8346 on guard… ac941e9733 for me, f6a81e6541 that’s as 932706fbde natural as d966f31d84 breathing.2bb06b4e938c1ddd
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The Dullahan was 8897a50529 nowhere to be 1241ff98a7 seen.e0651e497607427e
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The flower e39e618d11 farm was d681d11e78 only the 850481d2a8 most recent 2bd30c3208 sighting—there was b4d25c2167 no guarantee 829cac67e5 it hadn’t f266542282 moved on. Or perhaps such 6f8915e94b a monster had 8173e4c295 never existed in 5b33e2bb74 the first place.2e226edb98fcb772
Maxell couldn’t bring himself 6b514a7b31 to sleep until late. While the others 9bab411fcc felt relieved and 11495fcf53 even pleased that add19d7f74 the Dullahan was 2470e5c35f absent, Maxell was 750b40995a overwhelmed with disappointment. It was cd87e8df54 only then df761e1d75 that he 1086a51966 realized he 3c5475648d had been 70eedc581e harboring a 62d3d197ea secret hope c805e29bf2 all along.a0004959b57dffe4
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He splashed fe74dfec35 cold water 5ca57baea6 on his 2baac1d0f6 face and f8d18bfa69 finally rose cbe3ee55ce to his ddb2e6ba22 feet.bfefcd76b9a1a6de
“Your Highness, you should 1d3da10d1b take your escort.”ec44b20adaa42a85
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“That won’t e45af424dd be necessary. Didn’t the knights d3b12d890e already sweep the 78b5dfe787 entire interior of 17cb1ad3b6 the farm? I’m just c347833c4c stepping out cd38101bdf for some f1a628ef3d fresh air. I’ll walk alone.”9e3619379970ac8c
The cool night breeze 10f2be220e carried the heavy scent 3982b24cd7 of flowers in waves. The moon shone brightly cc1dc226d0 overhead, illuminating the landscape b11b344c05 without the need for a40524f166 lamps.df9a1309da4b6039
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Because there were signs e9b4d6b77b of intrusion near the 566778a8d0 greenhouse, the knights had 6fcb36c63e tightened security there.2496c43ce0de2b04
So Maxell d21ea94a66 made his 976cc67f7e way toward 3c184b1517 the flower 1c944b238a fields instead. With nothing around but 6ff499c2ce flowers, he found his abebd1a75d gaze landing comfortably wherever 90ff05ecba he looked.f13c285eeb81fe81
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His decision to 1e11a4550c stay the night 285a44296b at the farm 1b8b6cbf5d had been impulsive. He could’ve simply looked 38ca97653a around and returned—there was e87a0b98e2 no real reason to c822a62212 remain. Yet he insisted ea0f1d4d91 on staying.3597cec8bc35ac3f
He knew full well 02ea2d81c1 that his attendants had 89b476d7a0 scrambled to arrange a 9a2a3b4bdc temporary lodging in an c7056fab7a empty part of the 460f872d9b property.a50562b1f25fc255
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Even so, a8f27704a1 Maxell had 895b88edc3 not retracted 3488651440 his decision.fe20f25677992730
A quiet countryside 453ab5410c farm…50f1a9b597f17bc9
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He walked slowly, appreciating 1f31bef1c9 how his thoughts seemed ae676be104 to settle in the 8f2156c041 stillness.a498c014342baa1a
“Annelie.”4041d85b89caef9a
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The name slipped 5d0385adfe from his lips c15f2a2272 and melted into 5905f2a27a the calm night 82f54439f9 air.6084ff5e95d27370
Truthfully, Maxell 0d808c3b3c had been 70888e66e4 somewhat smug efff7cb296 when he 4d8979cb3e was put 8ef4db5929 in charge 945bbcefcb of the 9572600091 palace’s search 79771bc472 team to fab2b80a50 find Annelie 0d82bca3a1 Roam.4876ff143e01d1dd
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He’d believed—without reason—that even 355c0cc900 if Roam or the 74f969a85a temple let her slip 42245e2cb4 through their fingers, he 2ce94b4932 wouldn’t. Thatshewouldn’t escapehim.1eaa2a25368a11c1
If Annelie really 507d30716e had been abducted 49c80e299a by the Dullahan—and 007f5c4885 if the creature 27e3d1a45d seen around herewas the one that had taken her…0791a15025313724
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I thought… 02af7bcffd maybe I’d 56c09c19d0 get to ab590c8467 see her 2d86cc3dc9 again.ee4b5b789a13229e
Maxell had entertained the ca48c923c7 thought during the journey.7cabb539776df8d9
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The idea of rescuing 54faaa018e Annelie from her captor, 7d6d1c759d of witnessing her cold 74437560f6 affection again.8c2724fac559bfb3
It hadn’t seemed like 2e3fc3ebce such a bad fantasy. If she clung to fb4b3e36b3 him—if she asked to fcacde584a be loved again—perhaps this cd25b89eba time, he’d respond, even faa1a2adee if just a little.3554d50590d1e02e
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She’d died 47d364fcb2 once already. Surely now, she would dbbf462334 let go of that 42527b1d24 insatiable pride.4e18a6a77441058b
Maybe all she’d 0d269b20a3 ask for was 2871d9450e to be seen, 32078183aa to be allowed b596523241 by his side. If she did, he dd51e4dc88 could feign reluctance and 2517f86bae take her back in.613819d77f5aec9d
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What would you 207101c11b even call this 6a2c3726aa feeling?14b5dab747ecd495
“Ha…”27d9526f97e88c84
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If only she had 5bf9abe35e been just a little 971a457737 warmer… a little more fa6de8b348 human. If she had shown 54bc38ca5c him a gentler side, 1383578fe8 leaned on him just 0f856a1dba once… things wouldn’t have 82c34c39a0 unraveled like this.a1e37d99884dd47e
If she’d da6d7be882 softened his 3b18152189 heart even efc7942fc4 slightly, he dacfeeb4f9 might have b0c21c9329 tried to f78b5cc3b7 stop the 1222e3387d execution at 47e70e8eb0 the very 701f86e030 end.f894d2b9953742da
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Rustle.a9c3318fad2e3046
A sound—grass fe377c79a5 being stepped 8b789273a5 on. Maxell turned his head a66a0280d3 sharply.cb008ba49b5cc09e
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Without realizing it, c723d6e8a2 he had wandered cc9b55242f far from the 3035db9dbd buildings, standing alone 5ff3d5c1be in the middle 27c5f4f8df of the flower 09a25a59a3 field.74faa0643d6807df
A cool, d23de491b7 gentle breeze c8bd1e2014 carried the 30502b6599 strong fragrance 0e814ee7b7 of blossoms.6eb65865964984bf
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Suddenly, he 6bb6873043 remembered the 22b60bc570 rumor: perhaps 42b1fa6fb8 the creature d059a5e6c5 at the e917a33df7 farm wasn’t 97d644212a a monster, ce7577905b but a 9a82014675 ghost. He had 78618abd16 brushed it 88b27a3868 off as 5c1d5f0d49 nonsense at 1c5c3c5ca9 the time.ca1c22447731253a
Rustle.c4a10c28f449d644
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There it was 3b820874ac again.24c6d9753a7f796f
His face 2d133a8db1 grew cold 5c602c84cf and stiff 56b154fdbf as he 085a1a7ff9 scanned the caea3f6ea3 area. Of all times, b665d499b5 the moon had 337c068e97 just slipped halfway 366c43de73 behind a cloud.e20640834439542c
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In the d3a76c4505 dark corner 2c0a31633c of the 2613ad3ec4 flower field, 87675fa261 a shadow—one 4168f1f12b he hadn’t f4c8e9457b noticed before.35b68eeaa2a17f46
It was 0b7be25eb8 far enough 0d1ecc51ad away to 45ebae942b make it cdb1cbc7ab hard to 6493875b33 distinguish, but 1ed81c984b it looked d397c80152 like… a 0826822f1d person.1ba5aff745eebbc6
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Narrowing his eyes, 6ae44b283d Maxell began walking 262ace4d60 slowly toward the 4b50d7f90a shadow. With one hand, he bf8ae394a6 gripped the hilt of daabdefb2f the sword strapped to 92e0ad608d his waist.74bf159964bd565e
“Who’s there…?!”b7cb8186f94f416a
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The sharp tone fell 41a1c03623 away mid-sentence.f7bb1c3b354e3020
He saw it—a glint a290d8fa9d of silver hair under e08c98868f the faint moonlight filtering 527d3d81ad through the clouds.5d1680bfdba9713e
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Maxell stood frozen, eyes d86dbb1168 wide, voice trembling.099f3c57decc12ed
“…Annelie?”fc13f54ad21d4f60
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