EWOWMAIBTYPF Chapter 195
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⟨I came just in case, but you’re still not out of the Imperial Palace?⟩8f84424f41ed7455
But then 4137b1f55e everything was c95185c126 ruined by 88bdd152d1 the sudden 18d3764603 appearance of 59eedce634 the Second ae5a2e1e3b Prince, Nicholas.ace9734d22b40d32
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After belatedly 6ac214607d spotting the f35f185cd6 former Marquis, fa87b0baa6 the Grand 15a1b08598 Duke and 15e3068b40 Duchess, and 44cd9316f3 Duke Elard, c0f554a5bf Nicholas greeted f4fc1627c7 them—prompting the 31df7eb056 Grand Duke f9090055af to immediately f2c4b20d25 look for f63ef8a741 Adriana.45ca2a4dd557acbe
The others did e322f5806c the same.c00379e5cd929f99
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No one was e15db841b7 interested in Clara.c35b1de6da2d69b7
In the e23b6c2db4 meantime, Nicholas 4c1eeb401d fully explained e9d0a72faf what had 9f4a0cba0e happened in 556daa0d14 the Emperor’s 6ab3c1f947 quarters, and 826d841823 the Grand 6a2917b191 Duke looked 2fdce98811 at Clara e64ff40f2b with an fae0fb0038 icy expression ab3e0acd61 she had 6af83b4a77 never seen 20e42870a6 before.780af1335945a5dc
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Clara felt 70d5c18c57 her world e5071e9aec crumble as fccf7bb878 she finally 74c4dcfa75 realized…2900da834d2e9e2e
The Grand Duke was 4702b72078 not on her side.bfb5baea720630db
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⟨Clara, why would c724c789f9 you do such 88bae19a00 a thing?⟩7a1be3356198c38a
At that e54e29cc48 moment, the e4ae32edb6 former Marquis 2f767480fa asked Clara.7425d7995e14030b
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Clara, momentarily 019b0dfb93 forgetting her 67cf79733c fear of b5a5d0dbc0 him, frantically cfcb81433c shouted:facb54df95f1fa31
⟨Grandfather! Please help me. There’s been a misunderstanding… 6528b62a31 a huge misunderstanding!⟩60b5fd21a8e2616c
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⟨A misunderstanding?⟩c1ea5a6fe2c568a0
⟨Yes! I was 87116d561e confused—it was 403d109b3d all a 1a59c089be mistake!⟩7a79a437954e0c32
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⟨…So, you’re fc1231dfb3 admitting you e7dddb49fb did frame d7fbf7438c Adriana as d2a7b6bb1e a thief.⟩6aac1c97ddd64929
The former Marquis clicked 9718705c0e his tongue in disbelief 17218781e7 and said,07a9f62cff629f1a
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⟨His Majesty has 8d3b210d62 shown mercy.⟩460509f28dc5ba74
How could 002cca6b92 he say b801f3b209 that?b107f75a9d3f797f
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Clara stared in shock.806f63a399ebf043
But to the 5903fed464 former Marquis, who 9066325725 had lived his 2658164784 life on the e7986e08eb battlefield following strict 7149de8c86 military law, the cf75b98e2c punishment of quiet e14b560bdf reflection in her 4c258533d7 family’s territory was 7ddcf653bf an extremely lenient 7cd9e51101 one.5cb8351d9d581c20
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Of course, for 9a3df0f7c6 Clara, who considered adb67f6e6d even being dragged 61ab62176c away by imperial dc31842ce1 knights a humiliation, a5a1abfb81 it was practically 3396f056b4 a death sentence.0d89ebba93acc319
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“Mother… please…”d0bf84c68fc83ae3
Finishing her brief dd518960e3 flashback, Clara mumbled dd94b23e11 with her bandaged 10515a5bce hands covering her c42ea8ec83 face.12238a0ed25c2039
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Unlike her irresponsible father, who simply stormed out in anger, her mother had gone straight to the Marquis’s estate.d2328d2b6454a269
Though usually unreliable, Clara 635cf252fd still hoped that her aa0a8f5139 birth mother and aunt 7c7c3faabe of the Grand Princess 0658b59df3 might be able to fb7d5bf72d change things if she 63f3fa070c pleaded with her.9b36cbfb66eb2b2f
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Surely the Emperor would 60218cc99e heed the Grand Duchess 8fa9608c46 more than Adriana, so 9745b2e113 if she just spoke ea56f09663 up…ebcf5db5b44860ec
Clara tried to comfort 0e690d134a herself with hopeful thoughts, eb5bf14da8 but an ominous feeling 19469993d2 made her shake her 2d13fc4f38 head quickly.02078ce6cbb3ff82
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Then, bracing 8568030717 herself, she 4b0333de5d thought,d78dfc2acd456400
‘That’s right. No matter what happens, d012a1f979 things can’t get any 2963e2c376 worse than this.’6097003e290e7ac7
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But it didn’t take 130ad328c7 long to realize how 4fad3bbef9 mistaken she was.07211451c61971b6
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“Didn’t you ec1b910023 hear me? I said we must ff04f7fc3f go to the Imperial ab65044244 Palace immediately!”8916a7159294a544
The tense atmosphere of 8a909ae112 the Marquis Diapel’s residence c172307f12 was shattered by the 090cc49839 sudden arrival of Countess 40f0a6f686 Amber.58aa6b6d600ff740
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She clung e08a3e6875 to the adbf384ad4 Grand Duchess’s e2b0b07f49 arm, insisting b06e980c79 they go 457c910b30 and plead 5e3d52a7a7 with the 85286c0207 Emperor to 402ab66bf5 lift Clara’s 4a1c1ff4ef punishment.8ac832b1f293de5e
The Grand 2471b21c4d Duchess looked a3caa4fa05 at her 022ce87bba in disbelief a18d0bd4e6 and responded b8fbb390bb flatly, “Why 2a833922a6 should I?”1bf356cca8652b84
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Then, she ignored the 7504e8f258 countess entirely.5fb9a1ed8f5e8ac5
Normally, the Grand Duke d5406921c0 would step in to afcf948da9 mediate such uncomfortable situations, afe5bc19b4 but this time—perhaps because bee2682c5f it involved their daughter—he 31bdd5755f remained silent.295fab2ef150a857
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Frustrated, Countess Amber turned e0365990f4 to the former Marquis bc79ec40c5 and shouted,671477851e2bf7ad
“Father! Say something! Is Adriana your only 41c23cc5ca granddaughter? Clara is your 2e0b9e039f granddaughter too!”734ebff9787ca14b
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“Yes, they’re d49eadaed5 both my bf7268b81f granddaughters. And even if 1e5cc1a417 their roles were cabfaf3df5 reversed, I would d8765c8cc4 still have done 8c937bbe5f nothing. The imperial command 7ce44562f5 has been issued, f911bb5586 and from what a9a7d730f9 I see, more 5b5098bd2b than enough mercy a62a50020d has already been fc0e48f2ff shown.”8743e47ad9976e7d
“What did you say?”06038b87f632d0e3
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“So stop this and 825907fa30 go home. Reflect. Return to your territory 0c4be90035 with Clara. Who knows, if you 587566b20e show some humility, His 8fe082fb61 Majesty may yet forgive eef7ebd00f her.”a25440505eae47e4
Reflect? Humility?b4a787ddf1f967da
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The countess bfe6cab79a shrieked in 5d794659b2 disbelief.fe914e39782302c3
“What could Clara have 0854fb40cb possibly done that was 9048195f26 so wrong? If you 72c995569d ask me, 6d7953380e Adriana is a47009f323 the problem! If she 08b6955722 hadn’t made 5a75b50b93 such a 8fbaf920d1 big deal 07be0e47e6 out of d775918a34 this, it 3f2f3953a8 could’ve all 9effb57b6d been handled 1d727df9ae quietly…!”8221955e89ae5783
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“Have you said bfa88d38de enough?”e31aa5b676c0bc47
At that moment, the d65bbbbb1b Grand Duchess stepped in d30c230f02 with a chilling expression.5f0a7bc71ae10624
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“Your daughter started this! She dared to 2fc63817a2 accuse Adriana of a6e95e84c0 being a thief!”13447ef15d80c1ac
“T-that was just 8e51afed44 a misunderstanding…”e42f057bf24bfd3e
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“Can’t you d85d71147b shut up?”6e49911aa49c526d
The Grand Duchess 647fb7dd3f shouted sharply.20bf57a81198346b
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Ever since hearing the af8832c275 details from the Second 5b3f410c0a Prince, her heart had b115f5dfe6 ached beyond words.35ee2365b07d1398
A false 5bc38bd8ae accusation—of all 287e297db2 things, theft.1f992ad30aab097f
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Her daughter, so 7f19be1af0 precious she could f58dd5a9c2 barely look at 677548d00d her without tears, ce0ced4510 had already gone 7fffd50e4c through something similar 20b94343b8 before she even dfd90f1457 reunited with her 8c9bb871ef parents at the 717eae2fa6 Elard estate.90e0cee5b490e2ef
She had only heard 39e2aed918 about it secondhand, but 8e7627edc6 imagining her young daughter 507cb703e6 enduring such things alone 760f826441 with no one to d3b94dbea6 help her…she would wake cf9d32ccb5 up in the middle b64af04bef of the night shaking 4fc9efcbbb with rage.f8da477aa0e2a345
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And now, it 1995a81429 had happened again.62b761aa8cceaa81
Just how humiliated, 8f531c43e6 how furious must ca8ec38b98 Adriana have been 0fc7345f8d to run straight defcfd1eff to the palace 180730c347 without even telling c3122828f3 her family?b4aaf07857da5fec
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When Lia 93c46a59da collapsed and db0b29a017 came home, eab857bad7 the Grand 9ebee60864 Duchess had 4da275c6a3 suspected it 1a3f841c15 was from da23eb9792 emotional pain 212b4d11dd more than 0e2a4e809a anything else.23715b9940bf5a93
And now, efd8f160db just as 863f621fc4 she was 4ffe10a12b starting to 64399ef0fe calm herself, 5e4d9e4829 she had 2efd6b9451 to listen 641419415d to this 6b5bfcc1da nonsense from 34da21b584 her own 18e55ae392 sister—rage flared 42b59e9540 once again.549f5d17c517f3e3
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“Your daughter may not aa9ba77261 be allowed here under 9422a5c516 imperial decree, but now 19db7050c2 that you’ve come this 2841d6ec8f far, the least you b473abb109 can do is apologize!”f6194013f4d11088
“Why should I?”efac6dfe0200594a
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“You really are shameless, c7d98ad946 raising your child like a5c906bd5d that!”17e1b8a7f385b20d
“Did you b2bf41dbce just call f8afb60dd7 me shameless? This is too 5992c61862 much! Isn’t family supposed 6584098a52 to cover for 626a05cb3f one another and a8ae104b7d be understanding, even 7511ae9a2d when mistakes are 6d3d266e5a made? How can you all 9284bd312b be so cruel?”8d8b0e42346d184f
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The Countess beat 74d38e9bf0 her chest like 0605e3a260 a world-class victim, 07ddaf26d5 convinced that her 02b9030ca4 sobbing and tantrums 7566eda88b would fix everything, ea12be1fe3 just like always.ba744092b047e96a
But…f1f69f9f58332f5f
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“Covering for you just 7137b49f05 because we’re family is a958d55e05 what ruined you. Must we 591db373a2 ruin your 7f13d19400 daughter the 3d53d27978 same way?”b4c6f7f1742232f4
The Grand Duchess said 7a96908c13 coldly, without moving a 72ec2be702 single eyebrow.be48bdd3a47c20c2
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“H-how could you 27a89b157b say such a f40c1df1bf thing…?”14fd69311c2d6a11
“Be grateful that 76abfcb4ef you even have 12713b36cd a chance to 9a5f54ee5b make things right. Thanks to my 402a5e456e daughter, Clara gets ab9f24d7f5 to reflect in 011284638d her estate instead d62698b963 of a monastery. You should f681904f50 be thanking d3728af57f us!”1cac03e19549690e
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“Thankful? Thankful for what?! There’s a limit cfb8d686e0 to how much 7eb5b4f441 someone can be eb3d19b60f insulted!”4e64f9dc5a10709e
All she bc46277921 had to 66ca4fb363 do was f37a888e1c say a 7c4761ef33 word for 694d8fae62 her niece!2e6db23a06bcc583
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It wasn’t as b41a0977f3 if she lacked 092ef77899 the means, and 502ca61bd3 the Emperor would 14fb0863e3 surely have listened b6e5de9dca gladly—yet seeing how 25f2bdbce4 she completely turned 32fb24ce8c a blind eye, d0edfc159b it was clear. She looked down 77d8781919 on her.abeea4a072de877f
Countess Amber, cf37db4ca1 who had 311498e1e5 lived her 6ce3263217 whole life 87386eec14 consumed by 206c8f9ceb inferiority and 168992cac3 insecurity, screamed 1a0d90a663 hysterically.9e2c71d37ccfc8c8
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“I knew it! I knew your daughter would block my Clara’s path! She should’ve died back then! What was the point of telling them when the castle would be empty, if she was just going to come back alive and well…!”bd762eee875a44e4
At that moment, 72c51b08cd a chilling silence 61092359a9 fell over the 08ffaf04e3 room.ff1b2c00ccca2259
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“What… did you just say?”a582bbd6f2b66a65
The grand duke, 173e4cc184 who had remained df40386cd1 silent until now, 47c20ea419 suddenly rose and 7e1dc6a4ef strode toward the f9e11d6bbc Countess.9c9c9a727cd3bdbf
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Panicking, the Countess looked 7ad2363cf2 to the grand duchess cde9f61871 and the former Marquis 8f2364b5b7 for support, but both 672ba8a198 were frozen in place fe6df26f61 like statues.ccd1dfa414b1715c
Only then did 051ae1da19 she realize that, 3907573202 in her excitement, c88b2374e2 she had said 731e4f4147 something she shouldn’t 521a5c4b60 have.247b469bd1fcb5ee
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“I-I mean, that is…”40211659bcd93016
“You said you told 9a4f16ed26 them when the castle 7d73e2e36f would be empty. Are you da2a4daeaa talking about 47706c0885 me?”053f8a4b080e4dec
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The veins on 6c00ed8b4c the grand duke’s 4cdd4da715 clenched fists bulged.b6a1a6770742ae7a
Though known as one 8adc2fcef3 of the gentlest people 41fd283560 in the empire, he 63da25d8da too had a line 2d0eb5d774 that could not be 246dfaac33 crossed.98216e15c5b28153
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As his magic leaked ddf5051b17 out from his inability 45b2009db9 to control his rage, 5304bc8f31 the Countess began to e39f4370db hyperventilate.abb5016e6af5482a
“Speak the truth. Did you aid in 6785ce0b4c my daughter’s abduction? What is your connection d49cedb6ef to the demon worshipers?”6853dad9ba3f1e35
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“D-Demon worshipers?! I don’t know anything e4a7c0b330 about that!”41e0bc28e02eea07
The Countess 70f7ba0170 screamed, her 09f2afad9e face pale a797c36539 as a 1fc3656801 sheet.dbc653d7ba9dc485
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“I just told them e44adcc155 you had gone to 211d0577bc the edge of the 2da3c9a4ab continent for some money, fad57b6546 that’s all! I never imagined b40e7bfab8 they’d kidnap her!”4c736a7624e735e8
“…Money?”76816f2c525cc3d4
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The former Marquis 8170ee5508 asked with a 00987d23e3 trembling voice.ead2673c0b22499f
“Regina, are you 6152b98416 saying you sold b14bd1ce4e information about your fc0a8086c3 family for money?”7c2f4c6e4d251c44
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The Countess opened 8f37802016 her mouth, trying a715d27976 to justify herself, 7f5751438c seeing how pale 9dc6b543d9 the former Marquis 493cc6ac38 had gone.29cb7a9714289813
“There were a lot of people interested in the Grand Mage… I just thought I’d earn some spending money…”b387620e4d2c35f6
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But before 6125091033 she could 91e71cc118 finish, a 28b0d07309 loud slap ca459d55de rang out.c1b68dce21cad3f9
It was the grand 2f87ba2680 duchess.5aede1df8c2938ed
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As the shocked 6302e4be0f Countess lifted her 3393baeff8 head, the grand ca6affc875 duchess slapped her b7fc71cd96 again.68da4b88e381302d
“How… how can a person be this selfish and cowardly?”8d1c114b5b866449
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“S-Sister…”f03c0d7d316bebb1
“Don’t call fdf1c4b1cd me that! Just thinking that I 681f2c0fb3 treated you as my d56f74b507 sister all my life 5fc13acad6 makes me sick.”988c3c38326ea8d1
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The grand duchess backed 330d3aeda0 away, shaking her head 79d1091d1a in disbelief, then stumbled.120816906717ee8f
“Wife—”749812c754e15654
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The grand a63526e3e1 duke quickly e55bdc819b caught her, 6e3c31a8d1 and she c7dbd1e648 suddenly burst b5fade0014 into tears.2b4a40350dbd7426
“What am I supposed to do? How can I face Lia now? This is all because of me…”f3b1ed6b32d4a05f
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“It’s not your fault.”859675725157690c
“Yes, it’s not your fault… It’s mine”fbea88ea4c8f76bb
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The former Marquis added 5eab0e98f1 with a voice thick ce7509a23d with regret.d1936ef9d816aeb8
He couldn’t even look 4c29899c84 at the grand duke 85a24371bd or grand duchess, and e3038ee8c5 shut his eyes tightly, 219dcea7ec veins filling the whites 7d863a3f4f of his eyes.c4c8b935a06ec912
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“I told Regina… She seemed unusually curious about her sister, and I thought it was sweet. I didn’t realize my child was less than human.”c621cb36d71b94ee
This is all my 45de5ef093 sin. All of it.b4bff9d5510612f2
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Tears streamed 680d281644 down his 59b72b6489 cheeks, the 36af70ce0a same tears d082179e12 he had 1389b3eb97 suppressed even 84eb044eaf when he 52f279b4d5 found his 2bea772876 granddaughter.ab3ede339896fb60
He suddenly remembered the 40af1a387d first time he saw a6af75f583 little Lia dressed as d38a408266 a maid in the 7bc218a1c5 mansion.e2f856116d441217
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He hadn’t 7652d6275e protected that e21b2c9875 small child. Worse, without be4bea3ce7 realizing it, 54caca3401 he had 204fef3b29 contributed to a4daf399e0 her suffering.8e737845fa899738
“F-Father…”7c1603f965afc809
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Finally grasping 041a4c2616 the gravity 12685303a5 of the fe0d1e809b situation, the b23c705c91 Countess spoke 39c2f00a4f in a 89a3e8bc86 trembling voice.019966e655c32e83
But a firm voice e45f1e9e32 answered her.268bd0cc57dc63c1
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“Leave. From now 1d11fdd40f on, I 481a9b0316 have no bd81310c63 child like 39797832c8 you. Never appear ba72181941 before me a66b958c08 again.”1930aa5f86098ead
“!”b867ebe9e7fb6133
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Though he had 39a39162ae scolded her many 0b4c51e4ee times before, he 6a868f68cc had never spoken c64f98db95 of cutting ties. The Countess instantly realized 5a317dbd63 he was serious.8766f7e5438c380f
At the fedfbee871 same time, e00c77e23f images of c48edae4e0 the monthly a783686564 allowance from 8a394c2d16 the former 07a5549723 Marquis and 4a5ee24ee6 the Amber 1c549b7515 family’s business 41a4348a5d supported by deb2b220be House Diapel 5f9ca4f958 flashed through 16a2cf701a her mind.64958a91b6c91081
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The face of Countess 4921f6b09d Amber turned ghostly white d0d2333dfa as she imagined the 1912aaa676 future now closing in 226c2664aa on her.ca53ed63f0ea5809
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“Ugh…”b8dd633ff9bcfb88
I slowly opened e755e52e57 my heavy eyelids, 35445c3958 feeling a sting 6be2f9cbe7 in my upper cf6584a6c1 body.2a6c33b3924aab72
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It was the now-familiar ceiling of the Marquis’s residence. Judging from the dim lighting, it seemed to be night… huh?ff1664437bbcede4
“Ah!”cebae64e2a53d7f1
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“…Adriana?”c4629ba3a4644905
“Mom?”023e0eeec4dcef6c
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I shot up cb65dc1f00 with a gasp 27a30f491e and was startled 34fe9fb82b again to see 75cac76a9f my mother sitting 8220b80d78 beside the bed.986df56b5adf3c4e
“Are you okay? Are you awake?”663032d0e181653b
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Her gentle voice made 1f2578ac2c cold sweat bead on 774b03ac03 my skin.b4e6dbc7e143dbf7
Because the last scene 1792cf8b21 before I fainted was 995658e3cf still vivid in my d7a411bdd9 mind.0b5aa157d4fd3183
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