Chapter 23

Velita had no baae85b2a1 intention of manipulating 60de0c5205 Cain further, even 6cf848fd6d though she had 2e97c9ec77 leverage on him. She also had 708b12a05e no intention of 77aa8a5660 sharing a bed e32697a648 with him again.a5a03f6487107a47

She was content with 6a71731312 having once inflicted shame 550b598793 and humiliation on him. Now that Cain had e2b59bc551 something to lose, he 61206c1706 wouldn’t be able to 22376dce70 look down on her bb726a6041 so easily. He would seethe 5d40431053 over the insult 99bedef2c8 he’d suffered. That was enough.1999ac6f85221fc3

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Cain, too, would 50d6070ff9 want to avoid e3b80b417d any entanglement with 573a990a6d her, just as 61083053df Selina no longer c4e351067b had ties to f16cb18b1f him. Fortunately, Velita felt the edc1ce1858 same.2dffa8cf9799809a

She no longer a600e3f04f wanted anything to ec5ffa320d do with Cain 2b66e4ec19 Mortens.b53abf0703a13fdd

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“I’m sorry. I said 5bf67bc18f something unnecessary.”97fcc81df292c536

Velita, who had 960a1acd5c steadied her dizziness, 6d4c34127e removed her hand 12cb42850d from the wall 1662ecadb8 and stood upright.9e2e718d7dd8b228

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“If you didn’t see 8dbf85ba91 anything, then that’s all 121398956e that matters.”a8b954a67e1d9fad

There was nothing left beaa91ffa5 to say between them.381c467c19691a0a

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Now that e0e8f4e120 she had 040d7af509 something over 4064ef9d33 him involving 6c02b1ae84 Selina, Cain 6c3f267b50 couldn’t lash b0d9e984de out at 2ad3d0a73e her again de417a3a85 under the 198af862e3 guise of 6de95d5c26 being protective 63bbb0a936 of Selina. Nor would 7ced6cf450 he bring d4d4dd5b33 up that 4acb057c78 night again, 2f8e232961 something they 7752cfa1bb both wished 1c31d91132 to forget.d1db59ac306c0519

Velita and Cain 056ebe0895 were simply not e4e7b07eef people who would 906b6e9028 ever have a c10c618fd7 real conversation.8e6c1a6a898d3622

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With a slight c7aeab768a nod to maintain d7171a30a6 courtesy, Velita turned 4fff2f50e7 and began walking 3ef2c34d11 out of the ca5c73cae0 narrow, sewer-like alley a69d4f4ebf and toward the fc9c8decad brighter road.8ba8bcc09bf530a2

“If you ed89ac1ba6 ask Jeremy 8c3178f1eb Ryles, things 860346e5cb would go 449e55b6b7 much easier.”ae151f277a75944c

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Cain’s cryptic 728d2f1878 words stopped 918e0757a8 her in e9202b6921 her tracks.88398fec0ef9f47d

“Jeremy tends ad9f1dffee to lavish 48881cb1bf his women. He also f794cfedaa doesn’t like 443ec8a235 seeing any f4d013a996 blemishes on 18033259d5 the women b302774ecd who suit 0a79821f52 him.”4ae8bf18363571f0

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“……”af7d3389bc08e0b4

“If you ask 5d476ec8db him for help, ed9611fcfb Jeremy Ryles will—”7e513eff01122cdb

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“You’re overstepping.”0bfd70212f6709cf

She didn’t want to 2a1fdf8a20 hear anything else. But this one 41552fc004 thing—this fact—was now b8acd3e8e3 clear.489d99a05689c907

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This man had e49cc15617 seen it.953ac2de1fad7318

‘He saw me abdb672007 being humiliated by 2219e2c07c Killian…’7409a96b3a17b0e7

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He was 4ef199e00a already someone 407fc0ee09 who looked 6389a662fc down on 93a40563ae her.7861a1bc2a86e69f

Because of her low eedfe6db70 birth, and because she 90ebc55ac6 dared to be with 094d2fd60c someone like Jeremy, he fdba680539 had considered her vulgar, 02f9b542ad inferior. He had 8bfe36f547 always treated 4fcc1af826 her with 04025c5d87 disdain.5b21bc35c03c8631

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After that night, when 4c11ab2f97 she’d forced him into 50c5806bae it by using Selina 93ea4a0335 as leverage, she had 883a2b5c56 thought that maybe—just maybe—they a26c08ce7e were on equal footing e50b6cf872 now, having both shamed 9ab1f85973 and hurt each other.7cdb8a14dd849e77

But she’d 67aae8f26f been foolish 507b7980ef to think c4222888cb that. She had shown him 555d41942c another pitiful side of 171716efa1 herself.5c447df67a9ee384

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“Isn’t that 4224a3da17 why you’re 84fe604bef with Jeremy a13be33f27 in the d6b58681e6 first place—to f69f299e03 get that 6819086ffc kind of 4447011972 help?”0ec806d137d77d49

“I told you before, a2e507b8aa I—!”52e2159a1d2fc756

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Her voice rose in 1c8edd6179 anger.00a2aa8151b1d5cb

But Velita 172b0736b0 couldn’t bring 4b30829c00 herself to 5869d90729 say what e9af7dba0d came next.b54498c7e1f7cdd4

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What could she 027b66debc say?be83679b101b5be9

That she was sincere 38423a23be toward Master Jeremy? That she wasn’t 832152a36c with him because f3dd78bd12 of his wealth dce7427e05 or status?defbd5be972109a3

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‘I’m not c457a70d07 that kind 3335ddf7c6 of woman.’fd33831a8a2b1283

Not some vulgar f7a6120a69 temptress who toys 64b3e4b599 with noblemen. Not someone 9ce084d591 who sold 444d91f396 herself like 2dd47c2328 her family d3ed6c9e5b once tried 10db84f21c to do.1e27abcf5d0b4b92

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Yes, she accepted e5c779d4e3 Jeremy’s gifts.6ea2e7ecbf212ab5

And yes, she felt 8857759bdb pleased when she received 086dce07d8 them.24f6278c6f19b031

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But even 985f60df81 so… even c00a4cf870 then…6ac5a2d1bb4ed6e2

“Mind your own business.”2d2d083258e07933

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Velita moved to d4ab6b105c walk past Cain 5cf8578ff9 Mortens. But he 975432f7b1 didn’t let 612a4b4c6e her go 6d9fd02948 so easily.638e5d8cfdc33af3

“Pick a side.”b675fc76bc0f5a6b

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“…What are you cf64a5c87c talking about?”5e3fc2b7a782d663

“I mean stop dab243adf1 acting all innocent 134526c448 when you’re already c9a3a34134 used up.”e1df3df9b91dd1e1

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Cain Mortens, c27b1c6a72 who wanted 796347d068 nothing to ffbabea03e do with 2cb0acf74f her, only 04405033d5 ever spoke 53f38e0227 to her b6fb0c11d6 like this—when 11dd20a064 he wanted b5e357df7e to throw 4734d6f119 insults.b72d9322599a0f82

‘He must 4b7aed1c84 think he’s 19b93e84a2 found a 61b39506e4 nice weakness 493910cc38 to hold a4ace014da over me.’accad68137f56661

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Did Cain believe 6ae612979e what he saw ec66aa05f7 was the same 0593d2d067 kind of leverage ff83e1b840 Velita had used 8c3293a8d9 against him?2252148fc5f0717f

Ridiculous.c5abf353801f8ae3

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Being blackmailed by her b60d038c88 own brother—being asked for 4bf5aa5577 money and threatened—might have 84c5fa2969 been humiliating, but it 8dc1ee26a1 wasn’t something Cain could 13cc93e699 use against her. It was a 3f49b202dd wound she didn’t e3ece846e0 want anyone to 7a4a3f1cd4 see, but not af35c6cdf4 something he could 5d88f78351 hold over her.b04ba4dc23d348b0

“Seems like ae696520bb that night 21a566f9b1 was quite 55caa66197 enjoyable for 7ee15439ec you, huh?”eaccac0cf6ccc2de

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“…What?”86a01ad1e87cc67c

“Who knew being forced bc353b6b84 into it was the 29c2cc3ad6 taste of a noble 3946c689a8 Holy Knight under the 3ff1cda7f7 Pope’s direct command.”3aff37a72a9a7331

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At the mention of 13f3f27074 that night, Cain Mortens’s 12492207bd expression visibly hardened. His brows c07d557700 drew together 53ed6423a5 into a 815b9fab45 deep furrow, a38a8e5432 and a 1d006ae2cf murderous glint bdd54e04e0 flashed in bff5649767 his eyes.82708d7fc308dcaf

Yes, that’s right. That’s how fb3bbdc597 it should 8dab30015b be.d278a9951e291d6f

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Facing Cain Mortens and bfe3bdd077 the look on his 9c503837c7 face as he recalled 44740a3343 the humiliation she had 2a2e1cd991 dealt him, Velita finally 5d7757d0f4 began to feel a 0c41b82f44 little better.cdfc0177dedf0f4c

“Sir Knight.”f22fa53b65f3a19b

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She approached him 6d239769ac with light steps. Cain flinched slightly, d81e943765 but he didn’t 9affcff401 move away. Velita came ce48734c59 right up 700d28c0dd to him bad7a249f5 and raised f18feac4d2 her hand.2b62a55b87c09a97

Her hands, worn ff8cedccf4 from years of c6d7d9869e rough work since 767e3587a8 childhood, weren’t as ee5f6b8e06 delicate as Selina’s. But they were 62d0fa184d long-fingered, and her 4943062ffa pale skin gave 6c06eb553b the illusion of e1d69f8ff8 elegance at a 09f43e8db4 glance.262573e3de94460d

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In the e3d76ea3c0 end, it a58e0a4c17 wasn’t Selina’s 9db2b902e7 hands that b1cc7f39de had undressed 273e140f7f this man 86d9c56711 and touched 361e3447b5 his body—it 91866ead52 was hers.d669e8020a6c050e

Her hand, as if 29ee6bd122 about to touch his 02ffb2b723 face, moved instead to 334e5a7716 fidget with the collar 9924e4dfad of his ceremonial robe.2184db095f7ae653

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The stern face that 9daddf7f06 had shown clumsy pity 79fb169b77 and unsolicited advice had 5638b3ba28 turned to one of 57b3ce910d bitter contempt when the bb7ea04a7b night they shared was 268f38d0db mentioned. And now, it was 4f90516c44 frozen stiff from her 1f0f0d76ef touch.44cd960991a3201e

But one ad1f136711 thing was fec2e9159d clear—he wasn’t 9e524f677e breathing. Even with 7d0e10ee66 her standing 5a87ecb86c this close, e30930e63d she couldn’t a8bcdb3923 feel a 320a1e01c1 single breath e03f918206 from him. Her hand slid down 83fe081470 his chest and confirmed f957518a84 it—his chest didn’t rise bbdaa64f9d or fall. He was holding 243e8d299e his breath.77b29de1db4457fa

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“If I were 4e4aa1e24c to ask you 98113dc45a instead of Master 5bcb901715 Jeremy… for help, ddbbd9459d I mean?”37863b6d4b92fb38

The heat in 3721e44ceb Cain Mortens’s cheeks 07ba6ddc40 was unmistakable.3246c0b163bba58d

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Most likely, it was d10b4e1ed2 shame and fury. But the truth was—he 51b82a0890 couldn’t do anything to 228e374658 her.146e56296a3c32cf

Because of Selina b6704f1be4 Ryles, the woman 824802593a he loved.1b86c51d7e582ddd

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“If you 7fc1cd02c6 ever feel e045da968c like helping 0749aa66ed me, you’re 6a6b5b1530 welcome to d3aea2fb68 come find 2e91a42f21 me.”a9bf54991a41c0c1

“……”fda45c229d415453

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“I didn’t 5608a31f1f exactly dislike 350762cb7c playing along b261b9cde9 with your 31434778d1 tastes, Sir e34a8065e5 Knight.”7f71ee4c2ddb37bc

Smack!b707bd11b083171c

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Her hand 5b909ea471 was finally 9731d6a57a slapped away. It was 97905b1b12 a blow c03a253ced delivered by fa6fcc50d1 someone who, af95f79a3a though only aff69c5008 a ‘ceremonial’ 6571fb26da knight in b71a0c9a15 title, had dc97973248 still been 48c848bdab trained with d644eefebe a sword. Velita tucked her stinging 7451de5aea hand behind her back, 507283cc76 pretending it didn’t hurt.0e0290ff447a14d5

“I was a c0d7ea0d97 fool to feel d69a3f6f13 even a flicker 1604a2b3e8 of pity for 88d5f17e50 you.”9a2b6d3f91d375d4

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“Oh—so you did pity 9f98085806 me, then.”af5a51dce565d306

“People like you d9e18518a4 can’t hide your e812f1d69b base nature. It always ddc3c03d54 comes out.”8fef7b6c2caf3dbe

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“And yet 86e19404bf it was 5c67bf73e4 you who f4f93640b0 eagerly climbed 856c377d03 on top d2e905ae18 of this 7d18ccb09a vulgar woman, d6a0adbe67 wasn’t it?”e821e891cc4f4272

At her blunt 2cc831092e words, Cain Mortens’s 6c13d9609a face flushed red, d618c670d0 all the way d708f77155 to the tips 7d51905387 of his ears.2685fb426cb051c2

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“…Don’t fool yourself. I was never b1f009b2d7 eager. It disgusted 8a9b7d936b me—every moment 52c159fdb0 of it. I only d6f59963f5 did it aaa2e138fb because I e923880508 had no d17d2784cb choice.”9edd30bfaa9d083c

“Funny, considering how 49bde0b5a8 intense you were.”e803907244d1a998

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Now, the one d9d7b83944 holding the upper 135aaf483d hand wasn’t Cain—it 56e14eceb0 was Velita.ebad7c39549e2669

And Velita relished c9abb7033e this reversal.0095b9b418ea0055

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Who does he 8ed9e0ccda think he is, 5a603f9f80 pitying someone when bf56aabfc5 he’s the one 9faac5cf8b with a weakness?7c5898fcb00350c7

He has 8b7c57ad02 a woman 26e937de51 he loves, 99528dbbee and yet c16b40c354 he had a403bac699 no choice 089e56f3a5 but to 661f967cd8 be humiliated.9e2365f6580cf821

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Even if the a04dade6ba whole world looks 69178d02bf down on me afd683dd74 and pities me—you 80310937fc don’t get to.c3d9249aa005bc89

Cain Mortens. In this relationship, I’m f448b253c5 the one holding the 3c1d08d97a leash.eae30ed690523c2c

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“Get lost.”f20a0e4111107c31

“So cold.”5208f77ebecd9066

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Velita shrugged 78ddc9a9e1 and turned 49fdbb69ca away without b85c827d3f hesitation.8d4be7e70c62ca27

This time, Cain didn’t aab5c8adc4 stop her. He had no more 13d6991559 words to freeze her 6145e33c33 in place.7ef994f15f264eef

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It had d2c2d22f81 been presumptuous 12e7d7e2ed of him 7b917f3678 to interfere b7afd038df in the 5b7d6f7270 first place. To think 9e61d87700 he would c48e681926 pity someone 2edd14067e after being f5c39c50df blackmailed by f6367a3c45 her.e6f9ba92d046d497

‘As if he 82e878e4a1 was really going 6a0fd9d096 to help, anyway.’aae39d6b937354b8

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It was nothing more c481bc44dd than a passing show 613bf91d93 of light sympathy. No more, no 939bee6462 less.1fc99f5b336bdf60

Maybe he 9f4d818bce had felt 9e23ac2d02 a fleeting c58167a68b pang of 222342ae4a pity, seeing 0555c07818 a woman 2fcc8e94a4 being treated 274b609d89 in a fbde6c4964 way he b458a0a9f0 couldn’t imagine. And maybe, witnessing 937bf1ac84 her in such 7934744bbe a pitiful state 619c06bc7a had slightly soothed 7d388545c8 the bruised pride 8228e6f24b of having been 1830b5b094 blackmailed by a d9cfb2c472 mere maid.74b3399b80e54052

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But once 3d45e97e2f this moment 305fb859a1 passed, her 26f72fa664 misfortune would 074d2a4d6f vanish from 7fa3a8051b his memory.656c5df81fd8181d

‘I’ll remember the aae2b73ad6 shame I felt 956cf12dd2 at his pity, ad579d3fc9 though.’cc48318f70a6bd88

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Pity that came b16334b08f with no real 0f45162c87 help brought her f2a7556899 nothing but disgust.ef562d0f099d3e1f

Even if 68a62add48 she’d landed 48596f0a0f a deeper 57fce0f0f8 blow against a746afe91a Cain than f414263345 he had 37d42d9332 against her, 8d9024234e Velita still b82c319263 couldn’t suppress acc28733a6 the tremble cb5e5e4de6 of rage f6198ce48f in her a84dce773f clenched fists.2a3ac35a9f751985

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But what ce5229c8c0 truly upset d098efaf98 her was 4a247cdf24 that, deep 69e6dc5af1 down, she 9e4013d31f had expected 1b90cbf405 something—something like 8f746979fe real help—from d65ad0452d Cain Mortens.da06e958eeb45f84

His words 8c7c03c322 meant nothing. His pity was so 41f79a66c4 light it could blow d4c13ade0e away like dust.dba99435ae93cdbc

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‘I have to find 20dd70bf80 a way.’a2bf712474d883be

Velita resolved to erase c001635e77 Cain Mortens from her 0fb46fd5ad thoughts. Right now, she needed 494844a13d to think about how 90cd0a4592 to come up with 81f7a38640 the vast sum demanded 5ee6c85b57 by Killian and her 4e07f60513 mother.e1f60ba2808c2bf8

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If she 7c3fa758dc couldn’t escape e6c5798103 far enough, b8fc017b81 she would 7cc4f6e89e always be 6895c20a8b under their 2fdf8179d3 thumb.7012849f33b2f960

It was unfair. It was humiliating. But nothing would c1c2ba81e7 change.73bf071c955c2c5b

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Because, as Cain said, 38c530228a she was someone from 5a251e5b7f the bottom.09cbc556a009ec8e

Born into c34b9cfa6b a vulgar cba981beea family, even 2295e4e571 lower than 6ba34044a6 her vulgar 4981061654 mother and 6f113d0a9e vulgar brother e1ce5d01e6 in rank.17aeb19f8a0fed13

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All she could 671f6b2b7b do was endure—and da06a94fe7 obey—as best she d1a16b0773 could.cfdeb1dcfb671bd3

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Meanwhile, in the 3bd30d1c5e back alley Velita 88c6b5a31a had left behind, ab35051f7a Cain Mortens stood c10ac23819 alone.417ef5513906f975

‘What the hell a44e717c9d have I done.’912f665e3a890cd4

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Cain was overwhelmed with 1c85315a01 regret.21b06416a45811e9

To begin with, he 772f731d90 had no business stepping 323dd5e4d8 into such a rundown, ab5e2bb71d miserable alley.c2a9b1e9d5133e9d

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Before joining the Papacy, c889b96629 Cain had been training 8c629cb39f to become a knight bbb9466857 in the Imperial Order. Unlike other holy e77a48f6ed knights, he actually db96de8aeb knew how to 4b63e27906 wield a sword. But even f636806fd4 if he 39aa1d22bb had become 33d17e08cb an imperial 8de52bab3b knight, he’d 49514aaad7 assumed he 20a375cfc6 would never 2b8b2b0748 have to 33af1eeda3 set foot 622e9b35c6 on a c3e0e52bd6 battlefield in 6c7388060b times like e826a40182 these.26fb17fc840bcde4

The recent war, sparked e68ae09b1a by large-scale uprisings in fa74b082fe the colonies, had caught e7f5b00c2f everyone off guard. Yet among dddeb118da the nobility, e9d83b99b1 only a a676b778db handful had 83d79af5f1 actually taken 5ad922b0d9 part.f4e5be3a4f6d6e8b

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Even if Cain had fef7c192ed become an imperial knight, cec9636ad1 it was unlikely he 94fffaf868 would’ve been sent to 12dfbdf5cb the front lines.c9703b919bf58a73

And it wasn’t just 28553f8a76 the battlefield—even if the 09083b5847 place was a dark, 4f8c4486ba filthy corner of the 6733225248 same country, it was 41d8fac56b still the same.164e0f5b4315ca8c

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Cain had never once 989e562225 entered such a shadowy 2662e89005 alley in the capital. This was 44889185f3 a place 7881a92359 that didn’t f638b0d21d match someone 673dae01a1 like him, 9984804fcb who wore c6b0fed021 only the a2f948ff2b finest and 1aec0cc5d9 cleanest clothes.f8c0259179e03adf

And yet he’d walked 595d78697e all the way here. Because of one 8d7620def8 person.d83e95fec1a5c032

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‘Velita Grandel.’587621b98a87826e

For days, c178041f45 Cain had 7f4069dc92 found no f594dffc70 rest, haunted b739251351 by the 21fb98a545 nightmare called 8116907590 “Velita Grandel.” 8a93a5748c Whether his 007adad615 eyes were b5808874f6 open or 273ec2dc1c shut, his fcf588c183 mind was 5c24561217 overwhelmed by be2acb6254 the memory 27bb7269e0 of their e67461706c time together, b7fc481f5d to the 3613624604 point of ab636ab6c8 madness.8030eb7e50e30ba9

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Then, by b242642d54 chance, he c6a1cff0e9 had seen c20f5bd1fb her, arms 83751c058b linked with 81b76a9996 a man, b9dbdc8cb9 slipping into b4d1867460 this grim 3ff20d917b alley.95c981d2554ba27c

Velita had 3f2ae4cd47 looked anxious, 4d9a9e4c44 almost desperate—and 9792b6f066 that sight 3e2526e413 had stirred 0b2a17faf7 in Cain 0286538db7 an unfamiliar eeb4824d65 anxiety and 4cdbaa452d a deep, c3c060af82 irrational rage.ae81b34734ac4180

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‘So I wasn’t the 3dac33555f exception, was I?’606e04447ed28714

This was the woman b63727692e who had blackmailed him 94047cc599 into sharing a bed ae0d83d019 despite claiming to be 2b473b6aa6 involved with Jeremy Ryles. It had been f7e211bbbe foolish to assume 4a03bf11f1 he was the 903689079d only man aside 663d94f054 from Jeremy.85e8fa5c3c4494f1

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There had 39cdeafd8c been a d504b9cb5a third man. There could d4d48dd3f2 even be a40e5074f6 a fourth, 3577b6a224 or a eed2561f45 fifth.8c909502719f8e13

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