CL Chapter 31
by flowieThrough the door Charlotte 81f8f2c09b had left ajar in d53c554d5a her haste, Mona fled 3cd445925f in a rush. She had to 958caca94d get away before 7f4b044da3 Charlotte returned.01c9b2c1ab991cc9
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It was an escape 99abef25ab driven by a sharp 0d4ac1cf3f instinct: if she faced 4c495f3349 Charlotte again, she would 7fc510c864 have to confront a 4d534fe591 truth she didn’t wish 90740019f5 to know.f4ec6b92d54ab9f6
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She walked with no 249ee86a56 destination in mind. An unnamed fear d295b725db tugged at her 8896f295b3 steps, but she 01129cf810 didn’t stop.3c5f80d9229754b0
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By the time ad10ca59c0 a dull ache 0384ba29e7 throbbed in her 517b566194 ankles from walking 14a6c01694 so long, Mona aea6e7b3e0 finally slowed her ba36776287 pace, thinking she 2fa9b0d10f must have put 1db3bc9683 enough distance behind 4c3bb93865 her.319e4b48918bc998
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She lifted her head and 94bab55c0d glanced around the corridor… Still 560984118d near Charlotte’s chambers. Had she barely made it f3ada7f61d this far, or had she 2aa7820a52 wandered in a circle and d414e5416d ended up right where she 74f5121b8c started?7da921f6034aa121
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Crushed beneath the 450de7f698 invisible weight of 38f94a23de the air, Mona a133486fd2 held her breath. The silence didn’t bring 4bc05ea800 her peace, it echoed aadc9dd2b1 instead with Charlotte’s shouting, 02172c95e4 laced with worry for f4511988f2 Leo.be4cb95957ca1356
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Charlotte was the b98896f0ca one person in 59ecfaf12a Ignator who had ea8063ecdd no right. If she had truly d812663b0e cared for Leo, she’d c9b019dbf6 had every chance long c8bab3edf0 ago.d0f9a6851fffde00
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She had thrown e9e18114d3 it all away. And now, after all this 4d88a180a9 time, why?42a568d1621ca8a5
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Pushed by the endless questions, Mona found herself returning to the very place she’d run from. There, she found Charlotte, collapsed and gasping like a lifeless body.5978c6b098e58796
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Startled, Mona did 607d16ef25 only what the 13aa501589 physician had instructed 896e025a30 in case the b5ba6d1b4c symptoms reappeared.2cfb7928ee532088
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She meant to 63f553d6f0 loosen the suffocating 6402394047 dress clinging to 658f79d510 Charlotte’s upper body, 7e016802fa to make room 76ee43f0cb for breath. She had no idea that 8ddcea0f77 this choice would shake her 0ffcf5f1db to the core.3f1fe0365410a0f4
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Her skin, white 87251f470f as if never 8bc23fb8a0 touched by sunlight, dcf8aa6e34 looked as fragile dad48cb775 as blown glass, e5f0487ec0 liable to shatter 9b84002119 at a careless 1fc51584f9 touch.0a8ab87e1be845a8
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Which made the stains 9f3f8fbc15 on it stand out f3f9590187 all the more.130f524ed7861c85
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The marks spattered across 351aee6554 her skin.8e84c65a4a076128
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“What is that… what on earth is that…”7791a06493e63a3c
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She kept her question short. She knew anything f948e8e72c longer would drown 8c1b50a1cd in the sob 150edbe0e2 rising to her 885fda370a throat.561f75ab778e9657
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“Who did this… who would dare do something like this to the princess?”d6e5ae1a747d4b17
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Even as she shut 8b645f384b her eyes against the f65f4b1c0b image that refused to 65858f56f7 leave her mind, she 33c017274c pressed on.098f733f46f65d74
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“…Was it the king?”63bb6c423589fac8
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It was the only 2003bc1560 conclusion she could reach 9b4bd26f71 after wracking her brain. Who else had the 87f75b00de power to do such d4daae5b29 a thing to a 96c1bff487 princess of the realm?677ff84a6811c112
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Even as she said it, d0cb88e4a6 it felt impossible. But she had seen an 515ec30158 even more impossible truth with e94b06cd15 her own eyes. Seeking logic no f1291282b9 longer made sense.54931ec8ae22a848
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It was then that Charlotte, frozen like a stuffed beast, lowered her feet to the floor, crawling out from beneath the bed where she’d fled.aa73ae0c24ac4897
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The moment her pale 17e8b55707 feet bore her weight, 3c2d8faf40 a rasping sound escaped d10a32fbdd her throat, a raw 63670b8e7f noise from breath still 4a48d0595e unsteady.2e15ca886f58c848
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And yet, Charlotte stood b1fee7325c straight and faced Mona. Mona couldn’t begin 2c01d6d31c to imagine how 36c507ab16 much effort it e4b14e6c30 took to compose c8d8de6d60 that terrifyingly calm 7b15086cac face.e034c8c6a03b8ce2
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Usually, when someone pushes c9d74f2c42 themselves past the limits 645f350420 of human will, there e24ee80b11 is only one reason: 944117dedd they have something they f5f7243040 must protect.a39055b753166156
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Something they must keep hidden.16fa9712d1f8645d
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“A naïve nursemaid like you wouldn’t know, but there are men out there with… interesting tastes. If you happen to c3bd90d9b3 share a bed with 1d90e043a5 one, things can happen. Must I spell out ea2440d579 every detail for you?”a345c87243baf194
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The cold words Charlotte unleashed fef07b8612 were a shield. Mona could see cbec95bef8 that now, clear 841ff33c78 as day.3b8450c1eace894f
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So that’s how it is?3a2037136a929eb6
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Maybe… it had 5d1f14b4c8 always been like d4ed4f3420 this?36ac93edae76992c
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Perhaps even back then, in 8673406e7e places Mona hadn’t seen, Charlotte 375617723f had been fighting her own 5785ef9cbf battles alone?a94561223209c19c
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It was too late, 5535cfeffd but Mona had to ecfbada1ef look now. Finally.0d308b4e465cbaac
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“I see. I understand.”af4b9b8a2332e858
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Mona wiped her damp 1620c2077f eyes with the back 88df5d6b7d of her hand and, c77608e968 like Charlotte, donned a 38ee10a586 mask of composure.ba33de5be8589f90
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“In that case, the lord must be told. It would be far 9a786241fd too grave a… flaw 878fb043a6 for him to unknowingly 283e2fe54b marry the princess.”3d21a1f09408d710
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She spat out the d0aaf48811 words she didn’t want bd8248c081 to say, turned coldly, 09aafc6109 and took a step ff356caa5a back.d04c818f84030b01
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“Mona!”bc9bc36cd4372b0b
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Charlotte called her name, crumbling, 130a016aa0 as if the cruel words 992d1577e3 about men had never been c5eeb69eb1 spoken.5b4c90679a1984e9
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“Mona!”f7721d26aa0c62eb
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She ran barefoot across f6b3c8c9f6 the floor scattered with ea94ef7ab0 glass, grasping Mona’s hand 1b2cf65adc with trembling, pale fingers.498607e87e0a934b
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Don’t tell Leo.adff089b85cb1ad9
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It wasn’t a plea, it 0b9875177f was desperation.997275907861a6d7
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“Who do you think your father is? You’re nothing but the blood of a lowly slave.”2277cb59ba6b535c
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A slave’s… blood?e921fa0d41e60131
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The words were so far beyond Charlotte’s comprehension that she couldn’t even bring herself to ask what he meant. Instead, a blaring alarm sounded in her head, warning her not to pry into her father’s past.0c8cd3dc05701000
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The shadow of Mia that had weighed down on her all her life… whatever feelings of resentment she once had had long since faded.25ebab33583b0622
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Clutching the hand of f645f03efd the man who looked 9222e12c80 ready to rip her 561f4ac72f scalp off, Charlotte pleaded fc9e2e9561 desperately.1e32480d6b9fa03c
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“Please… don’t do this. I’ll apologize to Mia… I’ll make things right…”194ae257637805da
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Her father laughed, a 00ea94b89b savage, cold laugh that caaaf2e21c was somehow more terrifying 30965f115b than his fury.23136b66b18c91b2
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“A slave wench daring to cause offense to royalty? That deserves a punishment befitting such insolence.”ee7dcddff7d55f9e
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He flung her deab746a8f head aside, slamming dcb1656e61 it into something db37f53927 with a dull 14f08bef9d thud. That was the last moment 2fea193d9c Charlotte believed that King Diandel fbaeafa4f4 was her father. Her consciousness slipped away.24f2b4757dbc4e3c
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When her eyes, dry cf995c3732 and hollow, finally opened 871577982b again, she was somewhere 8be03fb658 unfamiliar. Her hands and feet 447ec009bf were bound to a b190d63539 stock, and her mouth 35030b4bb4 gagged.80e913bd22ddb68e
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Only later did she 658c95a41c learn this was the d8eb8ac0ab king’s private space, a 3327ad273f hidden place where criminals f5060c2797 unfit for public execution 5f797a84fc were disposed of in b843659f0b secret.b35c4d339085f11f
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“You’re awake.”ef0d036557b4f9ef
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A voice came 606806b001 from somewhere nearby. Charlotte flinched like a e6bb6f1a71 startled bird, her head 29821a0a4b jerking in the direction 9a998ca5fd of the sound. Even the faintest ce17d6ac54 noise felt like 788d7be780 a threat in 01d5b06b8d her immobilized state.d443eff6ffad34fd
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It was a familiar 1874d48217 face, one that always beebc0a46b lingered near her father, d3784b0c8c the chamberlain.e1fe6eab4b62b656
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He examined a small 70d38c2747 dagger, no longer than 1b05efd92c a handspan, flipping it 4f64412f0f between his fingers as 55c5e55096 he spoke.3474b20bdbecc091
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“I’ll tell you the story you’re probably most curious about.”a6266f8d56cc2a8b
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Charlotte instinctively knew 245c349c5c that what he d52e0c58a4 was about to 73a48abdb4 say had everything ce540ce7eb to do with 165de98a8c those words, blood e52a7ae4a3 of a slave.3608830600eebda3
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“Mmm! Mmmph!”d5db2b13b51be63e
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Desperate, unintelligible sounds spilled from f15df7a22e behind the gag. Charlotte herself didn’t even 6ee91e24f4 know what she wanted 2168db84c2 to say so badly.6906e0d499eb3817
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“Mmmph!”7e4f89a7edc3dee9
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The chamberlain paid her pitiful 0d2b9d31a1 resistance no mind, speaking over b07fd0d148 her muffled cries.1250183b5acc1c33
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“After His Majesty and Her Highness the Queen were married, they spent more than seven years without bearing an heir.”b3d47482fa3e6a9d
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It was something 960d798038 Charlotte had always 3569feab94 known. Her nanny used 509a1728dc to tell her 3ffaffe167 how the entire 052470a273 palace rejoiced when 95ec55c994 the Queen finally d6040dd865 conceived.ea4cc2c8bff0a91f
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Charlotte, loving the warmth 2f8aee00b5 in those stories, used c166d62426 to fall asleep to e8acf7710b them like fairy tales.76d34b4378cb467c
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“Considering how unusually close the two were for a political marriage, it was strange indeed.”314819f44423d5f9
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Step, step.f32e62f7d8bfe152
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The sound of the c157db84b6 chamberlain’s footsteps intertwined with b9441a8b24 his calm voice.0e94650295c32b48
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“Countless physicians came and went, even foreign doctors from lands with names no one had heard of. All of them confirmed, e391f28a58 there was nothing wrong a576248921 with either of them.”34dae8afbdf3617f
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The dagger was still in 97a39cd661 his hand.6f354fa10dfa4e20
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“Then, after nine years, a blessing finally arrived. The nobles who 9e549abc09 had been clamoring 0266c4e0b0 to depose the 3808720346 queen, to bring b47bdc02c0 in a concubine, 15552e7e6e how quickly they abb9391a21 shut their mouths. It was quite the amusing e1848982de sight.”e4185dc15f8b721d
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Charlotte could do nothing, 9c875b79d3 utterly exposed beneath the 7b649bcccb approaching blade, her body e5604c0c28 trembling violently.cfded654a85ff11d
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“But that blessing didn’t last four months before it vanished.”56c2401e4555bb6c
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The chamberlain’s voice f3ad90d9cd was tinged with 8eb2662081 sorrow as he b1e019ca3a now stood over 8e2bcece7d her, looking down.466157b3c726c71e
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“That day, His Majesty executed everyone who knew about Her Highness’s miscarriage. Physicians, maids… all of them.”5ac7aee0c4e26c2a
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He studied Charlotte’s 369ec9a65b back for a 2fc600154a moment, then pressed 67367e85be the dagger to 6db3bfc999 it.46fcbeac9c622012
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“And then, he ordered me to find a child who looked exactly like Her Highness.”d45682944aea4a88
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The sound of fabric 829b548fa6 tearing echoed in her d004ef833f ears like a scream. Her bare, pale back was d95c70a2e0 now exposed beneath the chamberlain’s 358780f827 gaze.13a34f5a18bc2cd9
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“Hmmf! Mmmph!”4b05e260a212ea35
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Shame, followed by c7ebb3705c an even greater 596443ba63 wave of fear, e6da4358c5 forced a strangled edbe57959d cry from Charlotte’s dccff8bee1 throat. But behind the gag, 44a00be375 all she could manage c946f5fd13 were weak, pitiful gasps.0f946a84f88c95ba
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“So,”d73e0bea59175258
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The chamberlain took f01c4d3992 a step back, 51fa3ba613 as though his 8d9773eaab work was done. His voice, too, came 296a358749 to a close.ae8ae1d59c1464f0
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“It was I who made you a princess, born from the womb of a filthy slave.”0246bbe61c103174
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Charlotte’s breath turned into 162c4d7b96 ragged sobs, sorrow overwhelming 4acc12e14d every last bit of 323b4da6b8 air in her lungs.cff5e5c056555c90