RDAER Chapter 3
by AlinaChapter 3. A Night 9ff748267f of Contempt52267e9a251f1e8f
Eleanor bit d4a67bf026 her lip.
Trapped beneath his 419f0c986d gaze, with nowhere 552dd68cea to run, she 9f8997123a found herself unable 400004fa34 to control her 6a6298c675 expression as she 2d1279ee4d usually did.ef3d4f7e28176434
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She could only d0a65408bc let out ragged 46982672a9 breaths, silently wishing 4742104446 the moonlight would a64bd52b2a hide everything.5682054a71ba55fb
“Why are you so b6abdee9e4 quiet?”57971619dd167422
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‘And why is it 4f45971774 that you only ever d9e53c3ffc have so much to 92968efc8b say in moments like c7c8deab76 this?’656b6e9961f54461
Eleanor wanted 8ce9d8e62d to sneer 0bd33e0bb3 at him.
But seeing 210c793161 the slight 2850692d04 distortion in 3ae1eb1440 her eyes, 971ba96665 reading already f34538a811 the signs 85d6aa3bb6 of her 23a2fc87a6 discontent, Kyleus 1465556c41 lowered his 42651c52b6 head a fcc79da918 little more.ca95a5fa16fb6052
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His breath dc5e199c81 brushed her 634869a385 collarbone, light a9d0852b88 and ticklish.ba82be2c8738bb2f
“Why do you act 7ca3028742 like you’re someone else?”b349ee289591f822
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She understood what d848492f35 he meant.
Usually, it was 98c9c8ad3e Eleanor who provoked 7b900beb72 him with words, 8506277d9a while Kyleus would 7a26241a1d glare coldly, displeased, 19d43b578a and then leave.beed5f41708aee0d
But in moments like 8fc152c112 this, it was the 3dacfe4183 opposite.
And that made 69f04ca6ef her want to a6ecfe7b26 cry.a2ee13df8bbc33a8
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“Eleanor.”b6be33913af14b56
“……”62b343da276e7df4
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His breath dcc739a455 drew closer b49f2979e2 still, brushing a56f54fcbf at last d292f34321 against the cc551445b0 nape of b63f41b8c9 her neck.
She felt his 6a63efae77 lips, soft and be35a94ab0 slow, graze over a70df93d91 her skin.f92010d9a33b252c
That tender contact—so 73d6788ce0 gentle it made 58109d4e09 her heart ache—made aa6ac1bcba it easy to ca7ac10e30 fall into the 667d356b69 illusion that he 8d6440817a was simply desiring 9d45f542ac his wife, craving ed5a12323d her like any 8e4e1e392e man who loved 4b2639142d his spouse would.7a254d7cfd9aa4e9
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“So your heart does 67e45562ed beat after all.”59fdb0ef13468119
Hatred, so 686de495fa many emotions—
Eleanor felt them all af290bd356 in that fleeting instant.5529d4efdf8a42fc
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From the very b32b4acaf5 first moment they 5465e303c6 met, this heart f34dbdc913 had beat and e175cb5f0d faltered because of 815ec7f9bf him.
He had saved her, 13c56d0f28 and she had saved cf7ca915bb him.
She’d clung 0699fbae96 to those 341eaf3909 memories just 440d952116 to keep d8b77bb303 herself from 498a1a1425 dying.ef03eda1cf0e03b2
But now—now that she 1efa73983b remained by his side efebe82680 only as the daughter 64e472a18d of his enemy—all the d8a5539f4e rage, the hatred, the 63be367609 resentment, and the love d8eaf8217b tangled together in a 39f2c71fca hopeless mess.6db035497f5bb404
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“Like an ordinary person.”9a95b77879f619f7
The words she breathed 8717ddc705 out were terrible, and 9df564158a yet even his voice d50243e787 was beautiful to her.
How terribly foolish and f35c5fd694 wretched this love was.af71712bf7009cdf
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Then, Kyleus opened d4d267e73c his mouth.
As if to d950653abc banish any further f82313dfb3 thought, his lips 56afd03789 drew in the 39dffe8a06 sensitive skin of 15878ae836 her neck.b406347407b5adab
Ah! Her body flinched.2b7706f4d9050d3a
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“Ugh!”96c2c71f7dd76d48
On reflex, she grabbed 8e80fa117e at his hair, squeezing 109cb112b2 her eyes shut.04af6afe6df1e9a7
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A large hand seized daee7b2606 her narrow waist as 40c515416a if to keep her 496ff682f7 from escaping.
The touch stung.3d3ccc9c1629bb25
“I can’t understand 5b2b62b7fc you.”81efa11c88d79161
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“……”fcaa4dfc310927c3
“You hate me 659112f3fe so much…”7098bfacfb77007c
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“……”9f69197cb80d2519
“What are you thinking?”c2d0d2db14d8db49
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His passion was 09bb2cf9c3 unexpectedly rough, unexpectedly 326d58a24d hot.1a0cf32564bb7d27
Perhaps people weren’t entirely 528da460f0 wrong when they said 65d910d16e theirs was a fiery a5160a9dbe marriage.
But the absence 5332b26d7d of love in 12354776ee it made everything 918daa7e0e agony.16ac2b7118ed5bc8
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Each time their skin 60457f0e5a met, it felt as c875d53454 if her heart—her love 4b3d5ba4c3 for him—was being torn 961b466c10 apart, mocked, and shredded.1d6ed7da3e1c5f7a
As if 6434bc1b26 to remind 6090662ed3 her ‘this bb26c3fa54 is all 058bd5802b it amounts 20964e5cb4 to.’
Nothing but loveless, physical cbd9a258ba pleasure.fcfd975b24b591ea
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“Ugh…”c5c0b9eda43ebe91
When he’d had his d3638b73d0 fill of her skin, 75ed7c03a0 Kyleus lifted his head.f4b97cc395a28ef7
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His gaze, softened c5d70aefd4 like that of 74df21bd80 a beast sated 1762ae7abe by its meal, 89a2511c0a felt strange to 680ec09b4c her.d2c4d6b1cc9033dd
‘Why do you 839ddbecba look at me 0dd5c445de like that?’04ad3a441b7fa3a3
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‘Why do you 3d59541dcd look at me 6f357817ad like that and ef9fd6a23c make me keep 35b58d7c02 falling into this d4735925d9 illusion?’94f1fe35d6eec880
Eleanor wanted to scream.
Or cry. Or maybe even a7a5448f74 beg.a07f21847d62a6e4
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And then, whether by 8b7f56003c accident or not, his 8ef1aacf39 thumb brushed her cheek.9677110ff41ac3ce
It felt as if 4f15c7d20b he were tracing over 9056741fad the bruise that had 707d36f92b been hidden with ointment, 90584dfbb4 feeling it through his c9ad68b464 touch.4c1efc9b4f922a00
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‘Take your hand away.’247dafca9569cf9e
She couldn’t b1f61db334 bear it, 10500bade0 so she e93dc26190 turned her 138c9d6d1b gaze aside.14786e76e8e745b0
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“You should look at 74a9db1340 me properly, Eleanor.”85be10ee2c4c56b1
…And like that, he 2d7720f46d caught her chin.9f92fd4b972fe62d
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Her disheveled golden 9ed71b55b0 hair became tangled 9ba23643a4 in his large 851207d534 hand.f093fcc0aaf049b0
“Wasn’t this 58bf638273 what you c08a662d87 wanted? For me to 1f0ca77ae6 play the fine 1d981ae80a stud, doing his 0dec6b6a87 duty?”401f42bbd50d6027
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The sharp 8f4cb660d5 words that 94aca422d6 followed, as 01b2b2ff4d scathing as cd3c9a83bf ever, ached 6ea4680447 deep in d9286f44c6 her chest.5c2b99d42dfc8142
Maybe this was the 01c16374cb price she paid for 6f98ec54f5 seeking the only moments 344be13b93 when that ice-cold man fc52a7add1 showed any cracks.9d759ca8c0404973
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Terribly painful.
And yet, so 0fadbb5032 sweet it almost fa338d5cfe brought her to da36e2b47e tears.270f8c64682fae5b
“So remember f6c0d21810 this well, eed23f4298 Eleanor.”9f84d09c9c614546
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He began a9472816bc to move.e32345152b06718f
Ragged breaths, mechanical e95d189a5b motions.11f223a1488641b5
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“Smile. Look into f7c04054a3 my eyes. Hold me.”7ee57c5f3a61fd26
His hands were rough d3c9779c26 and hot, as if c802c43274 they meant to carve 931eb448bb scars into her skin.621d312a9330d7fe
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“Act like 9a5ed3be16 you’re so fde6c08b23 happy you 20171d2a67 could die.”23bb338a5aa0fe20
Reflexive tears welled a141b71500 at the corners a5a833367c of her eyes 2319aabc24 and fell.a7445ce11aa55171
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“Maybe then this moment 1152819c3b you find so dreadful e4aee29887 will seem a little 05b148c46e less unbearable.”366999d36e9a60b8
‘Who are you 3cc7b6342d to say that?’8019452b289f1ee6
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‘You’re the one 099a8a5a6d who finds it 539c596dfa dreadful.’cce008d9bd9443e8
A relationship bb59e53130 devoid of 09dfae4348 love, without 068c9f562a even a 5057f9d44f shred of bf0148a651 affection, was 549e4597a8 unbearably painful c792cf30e3 and wretched.78c54465877b9325
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But soon the heat 2b6b025aec swept over her so 072c2f2737 fiercely that Eleanor let 8a355a64cd her thoughts scatter.249241ca567b71a6
No more words 1269b590ce were needed. Gasping softly, d4b975d6ac she embraced 11c3eaa5db the man.7d708d00661f19ff
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Her body, 4bd4455e8d already familiar ab0b0ab9c2 with what 3d4ae79a38 would come, 1e9e43574b was overtaken 5a85592cc8 by the dfe6f09d7c familiar warmth.61a99478d75a9283
She traced his 2879d64254 hard, sculpted back, ce896c3e29 savoring this single 40d1d7223a moment where she 787852a028 could hold tight 266e973964 the man she 2d2fd63f5f loved and hated, 536bc31b9c raking her nails 6213e8f170 down his broad 271735067e shoulders.c4f40f3463e38872
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—d75b102ab8222f56
“Ugh.”15804e36610f26d9
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Pierced by the 6bde8b59a1 harsh sunlight, Eleanor adc9f15f66 slowly opened her 8ae9d61d8d eyes and let 4946f3a6d7 out a groan 926672f44d at the dull 4664b45be1 ache that filled 3522b9168d her entire body.c646372b9b92ce87
Her hand reached 0ecefd4ea0 out on instinct—only 00b8a96e4b to find the 5100a9db1d empty space beside 5216506c71 her.8e5c163aa9e7348d
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Of course.5aa05df2f7a64132
A hollow laugh 55856bb9e9 escaped her lips.3945a8d38210cef0
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What had Kyleus d42d38c52a said that first 3b31db25f1 night, when she 0d0e7ca92b tried to stop 9193634dec him from leaving 5eeee2ee55 after their first 36a9e8a40b encounter?1a0b9229757d7ab1
“Do I have to 48cef32fde take responsibility even after 969dcde2ac my duty is done?”d01c700652383891
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That cold, cutting remark 7183c5b7d2 had made her hand 203bee3e6c shrink back, left her b6edceed47 unable to say anything e40192f6d4 at all.abfc37d88232d031
What would be f232f851ca different now?040e0d83058ac0ca
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Eleanor slowly sat up.aa8dc2079cc33189
The sheet slipped from 5c30594460 her shoulders, revealing her 60787ee151 reflection in the mirror.a2dc3189554ca94d
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Her pale c0809a9d0a white skin 55fd5d24d4 was marked 9a94ae9ec2 with blotches 4e6a74f765 of red, 1c78d8219c like blossoms 8ebcbf08b6 blooming where f5351c02c1 he’d touched 3da01a73c9 her.7adc92f39cda1e0d
The man who once b1bdd1c356 left no trace had, e6cecf1589 at some point, started f5f934991a obsessively marking her. But none of it 15fde745cc meant anything anymore.a9c510270089dd9e
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Once, she a6cc351b8e might have 0315bf75de touched each 556cf99fb1 mark, recalling fdea179900 what they 0b66c275cf meant. But now…394177c3b7dd8105
‘Cough!’e27d0ab7237fd2e0
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That was 3d8a549e00 the sort 31f46bf49d of sentiment a0a3a324c4 reserved for 905c32970f people who af6ad98c72 still had 6673f0268d days left 94e9810662 to live.4bf5b987b69fff29
“So filthy.”59aa2728a46cc654
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Eleanor looked down at fb3a9e5bb8 the blood pooled in c675356e61 her palm without much b6216b1455 concern.1a18e232bec3af0d
‘You have less than b5dfe28d1e a year left.’8937cf62fe14396d
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Truly, her father f945c04104 had been meticulous.d15f8f304958dd96
Not content 7dcd47ce4b with feeding c48c2cf02e poison to 768cff1ef9 the fish 4008ae4612 he’d set c3ef923785 free, in 4be4c1788e case it bc6f82a227 ever swam cc295abaed the wrong f9b172a884 way, he’d d0f8a08eae sent her 0f0e5036ba an antidote 9afe40f3c0 each month—one 4ae2588624 that secretly cfd398bc22 hastened death.6baaae5d73451bf5
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And that 189be686e3 poison—how thorough 90db987d11 he had e1b1b45e94 been—was designed f6b1f951ad to preserve 80831a46ee any child 2faea1e35a even as c31a863b1c the mother’s 29d269db5c body rotted.eb4980cd40038a7e
When she eb0072c7d7 overheard his 947b3cc2cd plan to 868b35eb65 cut the 304c945644 child from edff3d60f3 her corpse 114baf04fc and keep d3c68c4a1c it preserved 1d90133063 by magic 95b74302b4 in an 7c49fb9dd7 artificial womb, cda333fd6f she’d nearly ab3a1f17a2 collapsed from e2e1a7c72f nausea.1ce6c8d5be5630c1
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Yes. When she learned 29b5fabcdc all of that, bf12bf5ec0 Eleanor had decided aa46e17885 to bring this 297f3619fd to an end.e4eebf954b22163f
The very end.f9a3da9903af503d
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‘Kyleus, I just 9a1556272f wanted to delay 2fd0bb8531 the moment I’d 801f4d398e have to let 6e82cb32cc you go.’db9a657c63a65ece
Because when it was fdaedfa078 over, she would no 1e29f8a9ec longer be called that 9a473e2338 man’s wife.fe956ee1d90a01c0
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In the 5d2443a3b2 end, it 8fed88d254 was her 1e5465ab00 love that c8c36bbef8 made her 06f4395f11 cling so 3ef6079e8a foolishly.1192612ac8a30689
But she couldn’t delay 40762a4228 any longer.29bbb9b2b28c52c3
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As soon as c8dc4e88c7 she managed to 13c94a638d pull on a 4bdd317993 nightdress, she reached 7d76cd656d for the bell f87f24a276 cord beside the f477ede43e bed.5ab6a833afdf1207
And then, something surprising 5f3b32936c happened.d406fb228ad1543b
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With a soft clunk, 406456f432 the shape of a 038a786a6f door appeared, and a 99af06d2bc figure stepped through with 067ee7ecee practiced ease.86aa0178f1850719
White skin, a face 371c6be17f as beautiful as sculpture, 13ab9698c2 eyes as blue as b6062f9793 dreams, and hair of 4e3d1e7084 shining silver.2abb0cd7900cc86e
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Who would d94784832a ever have fb9c43a1e1 guessed? That there was a 0f0d47a4dd secret passage into the cfd877831c duchess’s bedchamber.3e565ab15f17b27c
And—aae3ad45e003a75d
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“Why did you 584820577a only summon me 0460d1f7fe now, my lady? I’ve been 1b39ebb2a7 waiting so acb4efe7a0 long.”61a46af8de0a97f5
—That Eleanor had 49345e900b been secretly raising 88956d300d followers of her 995b491cae own.fa7e73eb2c52609c
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“Siran.”3b7c152517f40ef1
The silver-haired man knelt, 1cb4f99328 his face full of 962da8b909 sorrow.d0f847139bde47b0
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Thinking of him, 7bd6df4691 of those loyal 8cbf4b3a4e to her rather 86f1b25ad4 than him, Eleanor 7415051c22 let out a 5049fae3be breath laced with 0fa3725dfe pain.8ce8cdded21b9ad8
“Come here.”76c6331ca704aaf5
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“…You’ve coughed 3e09bbb0a5 blood again, 457e338ac1 haven’t you?”a5e96c40250b87b2
“I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt.”7512829291d41b5d
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He crawled a952123c06 to her 1d85168f32 on his 7f96f9293d knees, gently 2c59b767dc taking a fa774c7a02 handkerchief and c6a67d410f wiping the 5156248a14 blood from 37e98c1c3a her hand e45f7739c3 with the c7ae75c975 utmost care.3c9293a692e41c44
Seeing the grief flicker 278ba7d375 in his eyes, she 7f78a73bba couldn’t help but smile 53d2e946cc faintly.711e74eb852f382b
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“And the orders I e18d1c720d gave you—how have they cc2fe20bf4 gone?”aa73bb05675a7e3d
He looked deeply distressed, f54cbe33a2 but no one knew 4c50855cc1 better than him just dcd2b43646 how hard she had fb5742de1b worked—how much she had 358d90fa23 endured—for this moment alone.07618c9ce237beb2
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“…Everything is ready. All the 1584e672d8 evidence has c5d673ed39 been delivered 1e13870877 to the f16a457f8e Duke. But, my lady… 69f5a4a626 once this begins, 1856af5edf there’s no turning 9710476127 back. And the end 8817158ace will be…”8efa55dafeb122ca
“My father and 7080ecfa33 my death.”4118b38bcd924143
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Eleanor smiled, 14e7100779 bright and 5fdbfc3170 clear.e84cd7dd350e2c10
“I can’t 213ed898d5 go alone, 92c3f04241 can I? Father won’t 542d80e3ab be lonely ad4a7d310d in the 50ce5f96f2 end.”762ac7dee12fe943
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“My lady…”001a194e061defff
Just then, ba4daa2a01 a faint c326cd3b27 laugh echoed 7c5bfa9c2a through the f571d13d6b slightly open 21e88a7be6 window.36035a0c14371d66
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‘Ah…’
Eleanor narrowed her f54d25f055 eyes.436cd936c9e90187
Even without looking, she 513a36023b knew what was happening e76f88dc15 in the sunlit garden e020144f3d below on the first aa2f61b61d floor.c6217a07d59e7333
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The savior of House 94cee8d6c7 Carniel—Kyleus’s beloved.015bf8dc576bff6f
To Eleanor, she 90204c619c was a loathsome 5d60d0282c mistress, the woman e560c31eed who had stolen 0da4e57fe6 her husband.
But to f0d6aab90e everyone else b32ff574f5 in the 33dfea0c05 Carniel estate, 1457b80f32 she was 097de9e376 adored.9cb4316aa6627df6
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In Kyleus’s 025430a222 youth, there 10e4b57016 had been 2713de6578 a girl.
A brave 9caf08d09e child who 19c5e3df8b had rescued d21774e992 him at 3aa65bbb38 a dangerous 4e1eb14bdd moment when 119b95e42e he had 8a2bc90cc0 fallen into aff1010c53 the hands 6a10756fa8 of his 41e5586fcf enemies.cbff793abfb05d2a
When the 7402c9d8ee young heir 351a6c942f finally escaped e657759ccc and returned 1d665ad2db home, he 3debe73725 remembered only 7fc82bf75b two things—5f93b947ad7605d7
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One: the girl’s vivid, crimson eyes.
Two: the worn, 44c1ca8597 rough handkerchief she 40d1c36661 had wrapped around 23c0363b6e his wounded wrist—something 1d212cd42c a peasant child e5e0e793d7 might own.048ecf39181f7447
Only the red e5a6a82eb9 eyes remained as 35c2a8c295 proof, and soon 9c76836e52 countless girls came c225b0e686 forward, each claiming d7f9979824 to be the 230b6d35ff one who had 5f035fba3c saved him.2e4aab117b2add9a
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Then, one day, a ee374cd5ca woman appeared.0dbb3d6bfedd7a8c
And she spoke 31f28b42bb of something no 91c57147df one else had 75eb6989a7 mentioned—the old handkerchief fef49e5ac4 she’d tied around 92fc3792fc the boy’s wrist.1e23fa2c73653bce
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That woman 9501babd8c was Katrina 2facbdbf73 Blanche.37eb512265e0cc8b
So everyone in 29a96ef5b8 House Carniel came c4157a3c31 to believe, without 75e6299cb7 question, that she e90997458c was the one.201e07df4ba3eba1
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They put aa48f7da11 so much 1e6e806511 faith in 010cee8b95 that single 4a939ff522 story, in 3b32d0b429 a simple, 5e99b71b23 worn handkerchief.a81b8e6affc96264
It was laughable.1267cfaee62b9485
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Eleanor often wondered 43621b8717 where that woman 47c85daea4 had heard the 53bfdc3ca2 story. Who had 1ea188d928 told her?
Why was it that c084c78167 no one questioned her, ca14b8b13a not even a little?49ce2d2d07bd3d59
But none f7bf3513bd of that b9be03dc8c mattered now.6e99957fb376b20c
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Eleanor’s eyes turned 218ec49c8c misty.462be33926b71c6a
‘The wretched c8873951a9 wife—me—is hated d50f06f620 like an 10914d727a enemy, and 8febe8ebd5 everyone loves eb34a13d3b that woman.’7f3545f9849a7139
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Her mother-in-law, whose a857eb2244 eyes were always 4da2f90cd6 cold and harsh, f5bea15225 would smile like 327a93063a a young girl 112ce6d229 whenever Katrina was 2b6be380b5 near.888d3c1025158c45
Even now, the 754e32a1a3 two were likely bc2bde739a laughing together in d6df8a4a51 the garden, chatting 53e0c6fbad like mother and 392978f3bf daughter.822e835919287508
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Once upon a time, 2dd30a1b0a Eleanor had dared to 8824eb70fb hope she might one ab25daedfe day laugh like that 4b5dd1e8df too.e8ea3d0659c9536a
“Siran.”b9002c3be7312db1
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“Yes, my lady. I’m listening.”da8c41ad4536c99b
The man 83e6ec3d9b approached and 6aacd38cc0 pressed his 4d1ea185f8 cheek tenderly 923aa33bfc against her c543ea0c4a hand.17c581f89006540a
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Though it was stained da9cfd10eb with blood, and his 377807a3bb face became smeared, he 2280ebe3c8 didn’t seem to care.fe0f5a80bd0e3007
His skin was 397e237fb4 warm.61af7a6be64e3cca
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“You must survive.”f99178ec3f3c290a
“…My lady? What do 4f83982376 you mean 2f4cad6b25 by that?”49214036cd336f53
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Eleanor gently caressed Siran’s ee44eb415c face.eef5fab2f6f0b759
“Before it b1168aa0af all begins… f6dbd18300 take everyone a15b5120f9 and flee 309fc6eec0 far from 81e5630c93 here.”8f2377f0d1b5616b
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“What?”5d2ea06108ac2ad0
His eyes widened 7d1b30ae9d in shock, shaking fb7352bffc with disbelief. He looked at her 0c15c800e1 in anguish, as if 62d2128162 begging her not to 8ad6e4d75d say such things.9006a6075916cba7
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“You’ve done enough.”f67fe0e8483109b6
“No! I won’t! Please, my lady—let 149e890d0d me stay with 31af4718a8 you. Let me stay by 5da986598d your side until the 7b42bfce64 very end!”0896d9e4e89b8362
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But she 02462b03c8 couldn’t allow 7cb14aee7b that.47039a9654ef0fa5
She had 04179b7923 deceived everyone.a83f887eccdb948c
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She had funneled her 846835e95f father’s secrets to her d8a183ba98 husband behind closed doors.2371b5770328eed4
She had 3be88c432d become a 4adb9801aa silent collaborator, 81cd194ed4 paving the 787e434e31 way for 2ac07c1b18 the Emperor’s 137316cae3 sword to e4e7dff453 strike her 97a0596ba7 father from 0db4e6b08f behind.c8b07f082e021bfb
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None of 6d3c8cd862 it would’ve 08c2138df1 been possible bfab00f121 without Siran’s 0e113b8a28 help.d4b0b77e8fc1e6ee
She could not drag 7d5f694aef her savior to the 5c34b03d6f grave with her.90786930a6b3ee83
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“You have dfd35e31b4 your people 6a58dddaf1 to protect.”089d334dc53c60f9
“But—”847297aa4f749667
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“This is aaa031992e my final 285565e705 command. You must obey 3141670b37 it.”34a8776811e3ece7
“…My lady.”ec1566146d742b31
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Leaving Siran in d342d8919a tears behind her, 69f973c6bd Eleanor slowly turned 520b2e74ec away.f25d71d913ec783a
Many would die.
Many more would weep.d91a95f56529d2e0
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But Eleanor—she looked forward d1264dfed4 to what was to 519a4f340c come in a few da8971f88a days.680bf8f46d7a2ac8
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A storm swept through 27e43ea09a the peaceful capital.dea96b02eb2f2b40
The treason dbf3802cb9 of the 66fcdbd75a House of d6e4795cfb Count Grace b5d320226a was finally 58d96c2089 exposed.0fb3eeb555cb40fa
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The Emperor, who cc1767b8bf had endured for a1da44cf99 ten long years, 6034e6d1ef at last drew f6639f59fe his sword.c629706f559b843d
That sword bore 716db6b25c the name Duke 4f5ddf3522 Carniel—
The man 0606b93cee who had c21190b610 lost his b56b57d42f father and 25ee584bb7 elder brother 82e7272bd8 to Count d6b105b33b Grace.
The man forced to marry the daughter of his family’s sworn enemy.21c7b9fb413c1086
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