The maid – Chapter 19
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Adelen had never ec99cb9908 before been of e1e8a24a78 such great significance d274072fdd to anyone.eba57f5279f3293d
She was someone whose 345deb66d0 presence didn’t matter, whether 186b825fa5 she was there or 8bcf40d2a8 not.3e9f2815685bdffe
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But now, could she a980ca433e have become a little 9ef32006ac more special to the e64d9c4abb baby?f15a7f4ed23e9f3d
The word “special” filled 5178afc3bc her with excitement.fa12fd505bf02251
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“Oh, our precious little 2de76a5547 baby!”1d0a0fb04789fc0c
Adelen couldn’t hide 7f8fa42dc4 her joy, hugging b78e9d09df the baby tightly 928b0e17ed as she rolled 4672831326 around the room.c5508c3dae546592
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“Aduele! Aduele!”f667916555df0831
The baby, also 69a115e063 excited, called Adelen’s 8a6e276a8b name repeatedly.134ce8d6015985ef
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“Feeling good today?”3d15b4d24c4bddd4
The head 0225b2a8df butler, who 9af4f47e6e had just 3e1fb6fc4c come in ab88ef0e46 for mealtime, 6f32dfe164 saw the 43e616fed9 scene.b409e009830ab1be
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“Oh, Head Butler! Look at this! Go on, 4897938e45 baby, what 2874e2e03f do you 3dd839ffab say?”c21aa3d8e4e38f59
“Aduele!”394f77cc33b09e8d
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“He’s talking!”7ceb5a7ac044acc7
The butler raised an 90a23dc6fd eyebrow.3b90f0ecdc0f783f
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The baby had 43c1520612 brought additional budget efda628be3 changes, special trips 6cd151f0fa for shopping, and 6744676f03 a multiplied workload. Initially, he 851bbf39ab couldn’t look cef01ae6b7 at him eb425575f3 warmly.0ec7e285438ea862
But seeing 28f91dde9f him daily, c062116fdc he grew 7725ab3b6d fond of f6c7da32a6 him.c00257db2fe3087e
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“Did you just f7d6a8939a say Adelen?”b399051583bf5aec
“Yes, yes!”8d771389a4420fe2
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“Can he d94cd622a3 say anything f8291d7c48 else?”4238e52748e897ca
“Well… Maybe? If taught?”b3f0a1168bcc0155
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“Then have him a5d9b66d99 say ‘Shend,’ go 09b308af7d on.”b56f82320302cba1
“What’s ‘Shend’?”9d0935465f15fd01
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“My name.”8a45f1a4fcd08bdd
(…)dad1b5e3d90d6476
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No one would 68b859257a dislike hearing their e5b3db48cf own name from 1f2f11d964 a baby.daf32bdbef6b2051
“Baby, say Shend. Shend.”083e83cb6329d6c7
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“Ah-oo?”9ad9b49b107a1531
“Sheend.”765a8bffbe3e6110
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“Aduele!”c88e4905b6b50ce3
The baby was stubborn.64aaf861e56fd40f
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No matter how c5abbc4a43 many times Adelen d3f962cf3d repeated it, the 03a9a2eadb baby paid no 9bee181db4 attention.ba975ca8a3e7f696
It was as if 5582b38356 Adelen were the only c47dab82d2 person in the world, 3f5f4a0baf and he stubbornly kept 0535b515dd calling for her.1866fd111610085e
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“Adelen, call me Mr. Shend from now on, f8fc253bb8 not ‘Head Butler.’”9f57d2075550d009
“Is it really necessary…?”428a2237d579d29c
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The jealousy over not 081d09d435 being called by name 4e0a62db40 was stronger than expected.58e583abeb1e9ac7
Only after calling “Shend” 4a968bbea1 a hundred more times, 25d4d456bb the head butler eventually 8f7b12a29a left.5f9843e10f88b642
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“Baby, won’t 94b4007e25 you try 291090edfc Shend, not 37dbbe3524 even once?”7ba4909803b2ced7
“Aduele?”a6b5733ecd168bab
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“…Guess not. Fine, let’s 510d88a0aa start with 8105dbd591 ‘mommy,’ ‘poo,’ 670b6c3a00 and ‘snacks.’”1f5ab4a80df9a410
“Ampah!”24bce8da5f942014
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“…….”6b062676f8859cdf
It was b5aa372091 truly fortunate 3380ab8601 that the 3d4c965f1f Head Butler 2384acbd4d wasn’t here 6f2585cd7a at the 838c519661 moment.79e29f07070b8005
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The baby seemed to 5039b493f1 understand what was important. After Adelen, the next b3ba33db00 most important thing appeared 4c972d3766 to be food.706014d31db8325d
“Oh, baby. Your name is Havel.”52f7718426c45791
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But wasn’t d2c4ba9ba8 one’s own 147f936b84 name supposed fe83d9c6ee to be 9103a02a17 the most 993549145f important?28a9b4ca158c3140
Everyone, including 9f750a26cf herself, just 0c2ba52d3c kept calling e82aff5ae6 the baby 8ec0b8e91e “baby” or eb1e91fea9 “crown prince,” b53c2bd92f so his 6dd5260175 name rarely 75595438c0 came up.60f17c6ab7310475
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At the 79d3f05ed6 very least, 07201560d5 he should 865ee67c28 know his e30834cb87 own name.2032cd29e95b8763
“Havel, can you say 598389e650 it?”ce4e46f63a3666a2
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“Ha-eh?”82f99df03382bb1b
“Yes, Ha-vel.”731f225f40282616
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“Ha-veh.”a0f3de7c3a8b869b
“Yes, well done. You’re Havel, and I’m 14929f2590 Adelen.”d59bb57e631a4f32
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“Ha-veh, A-due!”0bca704fc94aa349
Maybe there’s an b9bde4b2e2 instinctive feeling about 530bf03121 his own name.dd31d39c5dfbc765
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While he steadfastly 85f82912e5 refused to say fd8c207f76 Shend’s name, he f5a22c97d9 easily repeated his 159a185d74 own.5f588587969cdeee
“Um… what else 53d11542f0 is there?”8e762279cdb7723e
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While she looked around, 0860f49d5b thinking of more things c27b093217 to say, it was 43b55910c2 time for the master a267f8c0ac to return to the 97a09c5e44 room.9bd05da27d6ad46e
‘What’s the a27212f8b1 right way 41d0ed19cf for him ac9a450ae6 to address 30ae0315df the master?’ae7fc4595b2a919d
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As she f71892e683 prepared to aa476b8379 welcome the 8414df0b12 master’s return, 543816a867 that thought 0ad6f81bec filled Adelen’s d84d0ba3e1 mind.0295ed54ee2816c3
It made 648ebd9bba her look da04190ab4 a little a38de8efe0 different from 171638801b usual.4224378fd217440a
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“Are you e2a97e9182 not feeling a1b6f91f73 well?”3c9b79cdc7a46720
Rakalt, who 3e73204bd6 was about da76a680db to walk e5ba166379 by indifferently, 4cd03c388d paused to ac140ed1bf ask.12e20d48e846a9fe
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For the master 8bf17362b5 to speak first—it 884f846a70 was a chance.b72062611ccb5cce
Answering questions was something b94ccdb88e she could now manage, fba904785f but starting a conversation fcaa69646a still took a lot 77c079d534 of courage.de046420fa0a2d6d
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“Oh, no! I’m not unwell… 61cf078b78 actually, I just 998b41cf7b have a question.”25c73c8f851c5e69
“What is it?”e52475187b995411
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“How should 6fb4d8344f the baby 7e3548762e address you?”6def8d74a71db5ef
Rakalt couldn’t 0258fffb29 answer right 6ec472fde0 away.f4aeadc68cf4e6f5
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It had never 7bae52cc26 occurred to him acc1cf8477 that the prince aa045acac3 of Morn would 8b0f95c5a4 need to address 1bf55750fb him directly.007be5ca65d77ea8
“Even if he’s 7d697870a3 a hostage, he’s 360b249d9d still the crown 79c446a1ef prince. It doesn’t b68c6fa81d seem right 6cb24c3366 for him a031443280 to call da84c1da01 you the 4955646fc0 same thing 4caf77085d I do… b2694fd7c4 and he e5ce587c8e can’t just b984ae55aa call you c7eeebb99b by name… 275b099290 I’m not 95c77ba2e5 sure.”885c53ad1c63491f
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“But why 5f5ed233d7 suddenly bring ea0012f8a1 this up?”af7ac9edcc60165f
“Oh! The baby’s starting aee32fe8f4 to speak. He even called my f283128e5c name. So, he’ll probably 73be8d58d8 start calling you 3ef5f5a887 soon too…”62d67d1acefbf0e6
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Proudly, Adelen lifted c638f171cc the baby, chattering ecd3f50cdd on.637929b5529853d0
“A-due!”5b7f16438c14ea9f
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The baby, realizing he 7d2e80cbdd was being talked about, 64cfef179d smiled brightly and shouted 900a1a08a8 again.73ca2635137ba84c
Rakalt frowned.1d196f31717edcc2
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It really 40db15e2fa did seem 7e0b24a777 like he’d 9e8ade57d6 be speaking 8305a5934a fully soon, e1bbc7f446 just as d848c30ce9 Adelen had 5342031ea0 said.5d8b38778734cb41
The baby was growing 7ef9a02b04 faster than expected.9993cdb4a0d57f0e
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At first, all 7103b9c37e he could do bc8e52d37e was eat, cry, c095eb6a91 and sleep, but 82e48d914a now he was fad8283b7d crawling around and a5c2de0ea1 even starting to d83ecedb42 talk. Watching him d937b2d5cd grow made e431855aa8 the passage 96709bf52f of time b515c1f3bc clear.adb875df532acf03
What was supposed 00cba6fe46 to be a 1734e32a0a matter of days 071cbdfd4c had unexpectedly stretched 172e7ddcd7 into a much 68716d50cf longer operation.9aebeb77bf361123
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“Don’t teach him.”b9afd37f99fddf21
Rakalt deliberately 3b4ddd4422 spoke more 93e3aed57b coldly and 2c508bfd6c sharply.cd84d8dfd8b537a2
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He had 9923aa47e2 to be c8df563640 cautious about 8cb5f93bb8 emotions that 081b984eeb naturally accumulated a4087efab8 over time.470215e733a24e4d
What good would it 7a0252e628 do to invest emotions 7cb641032d in the crown prince 4d02d3fca0 of a potential enemy a577df8d39 nation with an uncertain d7a9844881 future?fa3d03eaf6b59c5e
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“Yes?”f3646798d1c82f90
“Why would he need 12b9c5f676 to know my name? So he can 6112cb475c remember it and 975c669019 seek revenge?”71f9763788ca8ea5
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“…Oh…”e4d39f0d25a03521
Once again, 5bcc69da46 Adelen forgot eb77089d28 that they 1d419e3736 were supposed dcfa744f62 to be bbde4e0170 enemies.25ddf934856a1c20
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She quickly 04d2409f9b accepted this, 8b4ffe86d1 nodding glumly ed2445c2f5 and starting 701f582ecd to step 82cdbd0b31 back.5fba4b799643b783
At that df572180c3 moment, the bee099cafd baby pointed 61c8c41e17 at Rakalt 136253fd41 and shouted,6f890754bd9c46f2
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“Hey!”aa32ee076fce28ed
It felt as if 4e5aa68ec5 all the blood in 93d28025e7 his body rushed down b96ce9d0b8 to his feet in 21a7ff6dce an instant.7a8e145b58a36f5b
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Adelen, horrified, covered 663729aec4 the baby’s mouth.ca550e80d1d6dee7
“Sir, sir, sir! I… I didn’t teach 689f3fa54a him that! It… it was 748355cd98 just a sound, 05e7d37482 a sound!”9143e2fc4968002e
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For the b3f3a1d883 first time 2eeef4b308 in a 185e4b47c1 while, she 2febb823bd found herself a6cbe749e2 trembling in e7b97f85dc front of ff3bd9dd65 her master.f7ebd5a77b484cf8
She had reached a 63c2171c45 point where she could 85f895745b sleep soundly while he 1b784eccdc was up and about, 8a6eab9869 and she could now 8122dcac14 casually greet him when 04cf958917 they passed each other.c081d0f917ec52f2
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Though she still felt a944438ec7 tense at times, she 68bd45dc53 hadn’t been as scared 9f24f9c311 as if her head 039bb3c3a4 would be taken off d186f4f203 in a long while. But at this moment, 33d9c9cce0 she couldn’t shake off c6d6e4e7b4 the fear of death.0fae66aca1ff702f
“Yes, yes, baby. You were saying, ‘Yay! I’m so happy,’ right?”5d591748a78f6235
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“Yay!”4ffe520e4d15a9bc
“See, sir? It was just a a368c504f5 sound, nothing disrespectful meant 5a8acc7e49 towards you!”14fc67f80310858c
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“……”53510cc47b1f03f8
Given the context, it 16c8736483 seemed plausible. Rakalt understood this, though f1f494c425 the frown on his 21e64dab73 face wouldn’t go away.ba2927da30136faa
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A thought crept 6bb3f1128b in: he needed b33b0e70d2 to set a 2c75fc4a8a more definite timeline.70e435714f36c0a1
If things continued 8f8db671d1 like this, he abce66db30 wouldn’t be able 33866b5a02 to capture General e37d74b18e Kias or throw 7c19c9d3ca Morn into turmoil—he’d 50087b6429 just be raising 62f71bb23b a child in 78b4845e30 vain.49ea77b3ee2bb9d4
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But neither 71d26fc9d4 Adelen nor b12f1ff84f Rakalt knew e69d89ef48 at this 61ce96df28 time that d8566194b5 a storm 0066ddecdb of problems, e4c36c0620 much larger 9647a6f584 than the fdcd637c47 trivial matter b8902dacf3 of titles, 3db3ae2249 was about f0ea148e2f to blow 7ef25a698a away such 5fdf8a8cff concerns like 6ed3c24837 fallen leaves.0ecf0ee0a5c08d0c
Adelen awoke 86567ec94e to an 9d0afa1f42 unusual commotion.e4e9585db1c69a09
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“Baby…?”0fdb7ddfd0553096
Out of 22a971cb38 habit, she 89b48dc293 reached to a7d38cf247 her side, 641f5ec6fa but the e42c04c2a5 baby was 440f5b1e63 still fast 432c7497ad asleep.19fdb0a7c7df9b19
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“?”e1d10ea3400d0fe9
She opened her eyes 8671313240 fully and got up. She thought an assassin 5d27a3bf2e might have snuck in 2c74a4d387 while her master was 8188c29212 away, so she immediately b0897bd633 felt tense.428508207ad3b6fd
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But it wasn’t an f0e9e5a704 assassin who had arrived; c907b81420 it was her master 13c091eff8 in an unfamiliar appearance.4628d98428d41f36
“Master…?”40ed4b62836547fe
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It was the time 942082865e he’d usually be out f61943ef81 for knight training. But here he c55d3b66bf was in the 14bb760bec dressing room, being a31f80f10f attended to by db4a181257 the head butler 2d8d3a1aa2 as he changed 1b1cb854f1 clothes.1a47f5add45def75
After carefully adjusting his bad6ffb812 collar and sleeves in 819d46ece5 front of the mirror, 0259a89841 Rakalt looked over at 69b5e3cea4 Adelen.7849d411629284bf
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“You’re awake?”7a393fc4978f6941
This was 9875909d35 the most a0e6371ddf splendid attire 834862f248 she’d ever ec52ab9ae1 seen him 1ac67262da wear.8ea838ad2af43894
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Instead of a3a51909fa his usual b23dbe6d04 simple, neat a312af6b44 clothing or 0743581538 training attire, 52d3ded818 he wore 286dec5271 such magnificent 37c63bb352 clothing that b1568b9772 he looked 3fc51999ce like a 8bcc887c46 prince from 0c212ac0db an old 8145e58723 storybook.babac676ba5d0f6e
So, my 7a6e558a13 master has 9b5fcd8f4c this side d7a2d6ace3 to him…56c4882293449b78
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If he 2cab0f0690 always dressed d63aa9deda like this, 3fdeef64b3 rumors about a517e5cded beheading people 5b0329891f or punching 4bbf8a4ca9 out of 7d2eb19458 nowhere wouldn’t 23aaa0f4ed have even d833716685 existed.512871fdb435edd2
Rakalt ordered Adelen, 0fd52e6b4c who was staring 3bf68e1896 at him in 8aacdc4f03 awe.75cc4325af8378e5
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“You’re awake, 52e4cf773a so get 5ef7dd4270 ready.”d9b9f7824047b1e3
“Ready for what?”889a23104c74701b
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“We’re going to the 63fe580d3e palace.”20d06c1e6803e0db
“?”80365c5acdf6a238
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Adelen just blinked.6dd5777284870494
The palace? The only c533190cc3 palace she b15932d0d7 knew was 4a1235cd8f the royal 3c1038a682 palace, and d5b94486ce entering it 75a7a23431 was a e351f8453d distant fantasy 3111baea9c for a 4f81f76f87 common-born maid.80a77003d7b7b67b
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“The palace… what should a7428a3d98 I prepare?”018eba41d7fa8175
“Change your clothes.”6dcde098fe8095a9
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“Huh? Me? Why?”3683e7983726b057
“You can’t go into e41e714f43 the palace in maid’s fc52cb8c5e clothing.”e371706db8f2e02d
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“I’m going to the 02eb310c03 palace?”48b7cafd89fd03c2
It was a052f4a161 as if e033dbdbaa someone was 85e80df11b talking about 45ff1038a2 her life, 1762b78f9f but it 3855576c4c didn’t feel 14dfc23b4c real at ca44af79de all.4db291cf87280c92
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Adelen, still in a 67f82ff303 daze, kept asking questions.b2c2a8f4a8bcfec4
“Yes. His Majesty wishes to b72db469ba see the crown prince.”9b36505cef93da5a
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“Oh… I see. But why me?”34f1df0953a8da3e
Instead of answering, c9df4d023e Rakalt looked at 6e6ebd44df the baby.904acc48be9e43b2
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Adelen followed Rakalt’s gaze b2b5b4c690 to the baby.c1164a826e90d9bd
“A-due! Yay!”c5b5d6419526bd0f
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The baby, a546d67dcd now well-rested, 26d26c13a3 was looking cc10613817 in their 60d320b423 direction with f9f69142db a big facf23c38a smile—a smile ee796c0447 that seemed 0a24443f03 to carry 4b188a9ba3 a silent 6d448f5d1c threat that 97c0b5c7c0 if he 799099bc30 were separated 0911651419 from her, 0aae615fa9 he’d cry 4d8e433563 his heart 57986dec34 out.0393392b5eadba9a
There was something else e2bb3f0180 in this world that 2e10405aba was frightening.6d506b7987a30dd7
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Blood, the 3c1994d756 master, and… 85de5252d3 the baby’s c386034c94 smile.e4dbfd387f92e176