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by worryI still didn’t understand 9c25fac839 why he looked at 115afe31d2 me with such tenderness. I couldn’t 8ba6b8b43f even begin 36296d0c88 to guess 515db7638e how Heinley’s d8a76a76d5 feelings had 4eac212e39 started, or 9358c4c9ed how they 06f61c9710 had grown 70b856108f into this.1b02362e9ec81b93
His confession cbdb989108 left me fc6f1ec1ee more startled 974ab5d531 than moved, 13f88ba1ff and more d4762e75ff flustered than 9bd2aaa20d happy.69d0fe9f699a5a79
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It would be better 7e0521606d if he were after 75128f932a power instead.28e7923ba4ae3f48
Heinley didn’t seem c567b32a86 surprised—he must have 14432fb231 already guessed what c8ad9d6a11 my answer would dd7ffb4715 be. Instead, he 4f58cdc607 simply shook 1674987403 his head 2a3ef7dbea with a ba396e8999 bitter expression 530ec1e7a0 and ended faea13f4fa the conversation.7d219e416754c982
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That he c5ded6d693 had read fde888fca7 me so da494d7fb5 easily was 868d0f2e5d surprising in 2f3b22cdb7 itself. Every little 5550133303 thing he dea3e9dd24 did seemed 5de37ea782 to prove dddae7e100 just how ae5d908bdf much attention c978630ab2 he had 5c8ba06967 paid to fca4b53c01 me.2d55707346a53dac
In the end, he b526d41cb1 failed to persuade me. But he made it 6a21f11221 very clear that he ed6725483b didn’t want to force 5aefff1824 me into anything.ea4f7c1e793090d7
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So for c04b821c34 now, while f5e6c7d7ad I remained bb9d49d6e9 in this 9c2607a76f city, I 6102b05b8c decided to 51d1fc7adb accept his 900865f107 help. At the very least, 0742e40147 he knew some of 2faca30dc2 Maxell’s official schedule and e5c1fdddfb a few of the 85c9a6176a royal family’s countermeasures related 246ab3db3b to me.8d6da7bf4a7c2a04
I sat with my e0de91aaf9 chin resting on my cc0029fe5c hand, blankly staring ahead. If it weren’t dafd618046 for Tristan’s chaotic 81a6ce3aad wingbeats, I might 47c24d707b have been lost 4eaef98739 in thought for 32f37e6042 hours.e33ca7383786998f
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[It looks like they’ll be staying on the farm tonight. They said they’re going to spend the night in one of the buildings.]
Tristan, in 120b4e5d6f his bumblebee 630eb862c8 form, came 5ccda95bd5 in the 8a2ac170fb evening to d621da18f0 report the a13c277a05 situation.241476be3198b617
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Apparently, Zigor and c0533154f8 the Dullahan were 918e4c19fe well hidden, but b67f51e836 the knights surrounding 38a27766e2 the farm made bd695470c5 it difficult to 185417b94e move quietly.342a88d69dee54bf
Judging by the way 5b0cef96d2 things looked, Maxell and bb64fb7496 his group seemed determined f5493d6f42 to make a show 91861c0e2a of it while they d4d40f9965 were here.8a4c4cfabf28c726
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He was 1e245cea6a probably trying 10b640fcff to ease 53ee985829 public fears e34dded27c by showing 6939235b9d up personally 3fadc464f5 and acting c12ea44713 like a 289412f5fd dependable crown 84d1b68fa3 prince, hoping 87ae359f75 to win 2c28e2802d over the e83d68f3b1 people.08329b7d00cc0903
Which meant c7dc72e324 that if 7e908f72a9 I handed 5017a119d9 over the c0cf7de0d5 crying Dullahan, 27d34008ee all the d090a87db5 credit would 75e9a35ce7 go straight 94fa3ef71d to Maxell.ed551326439cef85
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The story would 9cb27f38ef spread quickly—The wise and a718bcf824 noble crown prince d2a7bea61d appeared, and the 8dbb385b7a evil creature, monster 3c992b2a5f or ghost or deb2ed90e1 whatever it was, 33aa10b26d fled in fear.ea753033e9116c67
Ugh. I really don’t want c9ad2f4b34 to see that happen.097056eaa0e5fa4b
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“Zigor, are you still 8fbc6f8f4d close with the queen 159098b1e1 bee?”a675fd92fe51c169
[Huh?]
“It’s a flower 15169b70fc farm. He’d better 525284aa0e be prepared 3c80f62052 to get 09169999f7 stung.”430a7c1704bb8128
[…Sorry, what?]
“He’s bold enough to 0e85151d3f stay overnight after seeing 9603b38a71 a headless woman. That’s got 78c21a3f5b to take a6ce0e6b6a some nerve.”928a9fdd7066c259
[I’m sorry, Captain, but I really have no idea what you’re talking about…]
“That Dullahan—she’s calmed down 39db95f844 now, right?”2fd0bcc2573f20e6
[Ah. Yes. Zigor finally managed to calm her.]
“Poor Zigor. I feel 48e2d09ec0 bad for 8d3088ddb9 you.”bd48ad8c80a1535f
Tristan, hearing my 40e0a538e6 cryptic mutterings, gave a7df3e9263 up trying to fd3ea53be3 make sense of 947d509303 them.eecb7a442f53322b
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Well, they’d understand soon 844d745e37 enough. No need e9dcb0c707 to explain.24cd07466fd3a99d
“I have to go 3ba51a5607 back there.”86d138534a3e1194
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If she e5572a4634 saw me 5cfc9c9cba again, wouldn’t de9df25726 she cry a318460d3f and run 2fa8ea7164 away like 2f3ed26ae8 before? And if she didn’t, ba82628c82 I could always order 5405288b1a her to cause a d7c0f07336 scene.1ede065f20e9e356
A glance ba177b4d9a out the 56fa7becda window showed 7d0887f582 the sky 0a6b437e15 had turned e58a2090b7 pitch black.279370c3706f1106
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A perfect night for 9a884729fb a ghost to appear.364551d1bfadd06d
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Attacking was 7097f7d5ff out of bd339087c3 the question.017ac3709071a75c
Maxell was 9064d3c2fb the crown fbce12865d prince, and e7e9ea7b7e the people eeb01098cc with him 907f29204f were nobles 3e21f8c519 and knights.0480b8004f63cdc8
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But no 556e3f2818 one would 60d0249f60 take a 588b125157 bee sting 9f69596c62 as an 280f6f5445 assassination attempt.e48c2b645f3fc736
Especially since bumblebee 53cf2e0781 stings weren’t even 532c391082 fatal. And if he 4cb894ece9 got scared by e47bd6a68e a “ghost” and 98cddea692 ran off in ff688b820b a panic—well, there 310f00383f were few things aeac5c8a73 more humiliating than 8273023573 that.d9fdcb63251bc8d3
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Still…8d06b3f1af7ee357
“Whatever happens, don’t show c833fde602 yourself. Even if you 75b1f7fd57 have to send 313c02b3f0 every minion you’ve 505667439b got instead.”7e3fc25f5601a568
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“Worst-case scenario, 4f9e516216 just burn 751cc2c51b the farm. Say it was divine 10398b1b2a punishment—people will curse Maxell 39e127c302 to the heavens.”46236d10982b1917
“Do you know 16ad25108f how hard we’ve 907a80faa0 worked to stay f5f757a460 quiet and out 7a18e66110 of sight, and 093dcfec45 now you’re saying d1477265bc this?”497e8e8f5f5f0f74
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“Your journey so far 8ce7a5a725 hasn’t exactly been what 712b8ebcab I’d call quiet.”50fa9ec18a37b9da
Honestly, I wasn’t c0f1b9f88e sure leaving those a873dc288c two alone together c1e6d63902 was a good dc0d948c27 idea.23b1d0e4dbd143cb
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[Don’t worry. If things go south, I’ll just bite that unwelcome guest to death.]
No, Nesi. That would only make ed1594f8c8 things worse.594a279e9eb28307
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I gave Nesi a ba757ad992 troubled look, then turned b30a2e84ed away.560397c414da7d5d
The two 0f6550265a of them 8ec5b52639 had agreed da277c6fd1 to distract 14772a61b3 the knights c0c7ef8120 surrounding the c3edd2dbf1 farm. It was 3a5fac2221 a crucial 37928e50c6 role, and d125f9b639 hopefully, as 275dd318e6 adults, they 494b295d6b wouldn’t start 83df2bf1ea bickering or f85cbbca9a fighting at 3203a89db0 a time b628661f64 like this.d0c4b6cdb735375a
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“Make sure you 8fbc7e60e9 don’t take off 2311038a06 that magic tool. As long 02373d269e as you 309b89db1f wear it, bfdd0dbdcd the knights 649d8b074b won’t recognize 5cb032b86f you.”509c18b5d6a62e08
Xenon tied the 031785a442 ribbon tightly around 08710ea383 my neck. It was the same 17cd4e8d02 type Nadav wore. I’d tried to wear 685f1a9ee7 it in my hair, 01a58c7744 but Xenon insisted it dc6467d0f4 might come undone, and df76317e8c insisted on tying it dd09332e8a at my throat.b49978fcded34358
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As I reluctantly let 3c477084b5 him fuss over it, e1f5e34cae I noticed Heinley watching 652cbea333 with a deep frown.101c2289f02a0b3f
He looked like he aaa355b9fb had something to say 01680a060b but pressed his lips ffa4588910 into a tight line 1a3d823198 and held back. Instead, he ec671529e7 repeated something 5fef5f8c49 he’d already edbf0b1de3 told me.8291086e49f6ea9b
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“If anything seems off, 3f8b54c14b send the signal. We’ll light a 856a2d68c9 fire at the ce17233d8b entrance of the ae7e548b96 farm.”2ef10b27e468d872
Judging by how 70dfedab29 eager he was 76e66f001b to set the d6521b2ed7 place ablaze, Heinley 4d5a5edeac must’ve been under 224c4a01d6 a lot of 8362142b83 stress.bae28ba6b245a535
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I understood how he da11d23a12 felt. But what 98754aea98 I wanted 4f1f1db729 to give 9db3ab4b6f Maxell wasn’t 74fff9da39 destruction—it was cf6b9368ab shame. A public, unforgettable embarrassment.223fb66ff490acd6
Enough to 298bcde23b make him 7137645821 hole up 2168273b4b in the 18505b84f8 palace for 10fbabcd22 a while. So that nothing like 9039b13f21 this, no silly “coincidence,” fe5d033726 could ever happen again.5d859dfd069d9eba
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After watching the cb1f9d1ae4 two of them 50ddcd2b42 head off to 192907ed4d draw the knights 1de3c63ceb away, I climbed 25af7e571d onto Nadav and 3113207a92 set off at feb204370c a slow pace. Tristan buzzed b987285894 noisily behind fc753d4824 me.969ea22d47f9d57b
“Tristan.”36f69654ec834a20
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[Yes, Captain?]
“Did you get the 3d6e434062 bees into place?”fb06d907289b05be
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[Yes. Both sides are covered. No one noticed a thing.]
Xenon and 892dd11839 Heinley were ffdc8a3724 both worried a95b5b7e53 about me—and 79b3bd03ff despite that, 0e47dea0b8 they still 3156c20386 agreed to 3e38c90ba6 help me 6b43e276a4 pull off 2c6a62c113 this prank.f6acc4c296c5e939
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So I secretly d67b946ece assigned watchers to c5a9f71b99 them. Bees that Tristan 143b5ebcf8 had persuaded to c2895ea6aa cooperate.df55ef79bf337915
They knew I c424dacd87 could communicate with b40ee0f023 animals, but they ad0df2c10e didn’t realize insects 818c7fd496 were included in b501a9714a that.74a094c6bce75c54
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The moment they agreed 3d793f07cb to help me, I 5be13939e7 made up my mind.Just in case,I would 704c1d2644 have them d978a2e8f9 watched.c9f8946810b32aa1
If anything 79a2daf924 went wrong, 7605203671 I had 82d1f9edf9 to be 27bbe1f5ad ready to 70e2b41215 abandon both 2ff0473f89 of them c731e8dbd9 and escape 87124bd6c1 alone.2c020b44da4429c8
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That’s why 7a3d0c63fb I insisted e754e027c8 on going 792bd2b8e8 into the 43bcb0990a farm by e23f398eca myself.b1368dc4adf5666c
“…Yeah.”dbc180df57c36587
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Before, I would’ve 69295dcfd3 thought nothing of 26d1a93b40 this kind of 148ecf0177 behavior. But now, 80446213ef it weighed 0df8d98a12 on my 8ea7416609 heart.3a0ed03b241a0e8d
Something about 5695914fb7 me… felt aeff7a91cd off.de2af2a3e667b335
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[Captain, are you all right?]
“I’m fine. Let’s hurry.”c83dde8d5783c56d
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I tightened 2369697f9b my grip b62d121ae9 on the a1d358b2ca reins.ea9951b2180f6aa8
This isn’t strange.0a1d9a22fca05f88
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Constantly doubting others’ c8c1924db7 intentions and staying 56e31dc40d on guard… for 2e85c1d9e8 me, that’s as 77d748e545 natural as breathing.b4876f1e997f361f
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The Dullahan 29f07ef390 was nowhere 2eb396982a to be a354bee790 seen.b529b6386ef76291
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The flower farm was 5b46a26340 only the most recent 61560773bf sighting—there was no guarantee 8666b2c6e0 it hadn’t moved on. Or perhaps such d783b2ad23 a monster had 9ba7b72e3b never existed in 783509a145 the first place.31bcb856a2a58ee8
Maxell couldn’t bring himself 8f7f68d9c8 to sleep until late. While the others felt fae049f5fd relieved and even pleased e60ea38783 that the Dullahan was 895b56fe95 absent, Maxell was overwhelmed 156667d898 with disappointment. It was only 208bb57f22 then that he 48ff30cff9 realized he had 23fd09b108 been harboring a 3bfe5e0368 secret hope all 2475044db6 along.fc86cf100531d8b9
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He splashed cold water 9279645ba2 on his face and 4c509090fd finally rose to his a4ec862b85 feet.5083a7a5fed2025a
“Your Highness, you 0b50fbf9bb should take your 9e980066d3 escort.”e9dbeec98a5b5d23
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“That won’t be f2e2895ec0 necessary. Didn’t the knights already e5a2d4a9f4 sweep the entire interior 2d8a1c78d9 of the farm? I’m just stepping 79ec6d0af1 out for some f1858b8546 fresh air. I’ll walk alone.”611fb15be3e9c0e2
The cool night 0a68aa702a breeze carried the bfb490c7c0 heavy scent of 88985f20f0 flowers in waves. The moon shone ac839f6dfb brightly overhead, illuminating aad87d76cc the landscape without 4f47cddb24 the need for 03859497ff lamps.a0d6ecdeff7969d1
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Because there were signs 22b602e152 of intrusion near the 810977d16e greenhouse, the knights had c8b1d2754e tightened security there.9031545a1f3b2b54
So Maxell made 1c336f8f0a his way toward 6caca0957b the flower fields 4734808e28 instead. With nothing around 7dad511418 but flowers, he 4e3f678c4a found his gaze a201345116 landing comfortably wherever 9160dad5c8 he looked.d915dcddde2fc81e
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His decision 51d5b23bc0 to stay 6f4c7f80e7 the night 12b36770eb at the 6e34d12c43 farm had f176f6ca69 been impulsive. He could’ve c49b50642a simply looked 6f84f3a790 around and fdf9afcf3f returned—there was 39d9f67e43 no real e20e109350 reason to 15c0c59546 remain. Yet he 628751fc8d insisted on 998eb43947 staying.15ba06bcb7730c2a
He knew full well 5371c4f767 that his attendants had c74eb0757c scrambled to arrange a 6733b70ded temporary lodging in an dc00c5f842 empty part of the ce31e0ff04 property.220c0e1cbb654e21
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Even so, Maxell had 8830ae3c97 not retracted his decision.4ecbf78fd8dd9462
A quiet 93831f9814 countryside farm…461090fea84bd5f1
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He walked slowly, appreciating fb1a13e910 how his thoughts seemed 3adf950615 to settle in the af547c07e4 stillness.af1be90aa737687e
“Annelie.”d7a57a965ed0d002
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The name slipped cb3a48c4ac from his lips 9d5e61bdfc and melted into c89c5a086c the calm night 5b4acd162c air.479aeafe3c7dda0e
Truthfully, Maxell had 0e887d1ed0 been somewhat smug 0ea9f1b2ed when he was 95a6298aa3 put in charge 5ec68fa227 of the palace’s 577578b094 search team to 798311ec71 find Annelie Roam.d0da7601f575b957
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He’d believed—without reason—that even 136bcac5bb if Roam or the ad41f86777 temple let her slip 9a7160de67 through their fingers, he 12f5e71161 wouldn’t. Thatshewouldn’t escapehim.68893e71fe41ccc0
If Annelie e6049f6942 really had f264f198f1 been abducted fbb3e8546a by the 295e09e493 Dullahan—and if f49b27a427 the creature d4912394bb seen around a51af284d1 herewas the one that had taken her…1822ae645c8688ba
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I thought… maybe d46ce5bd5f I’d get to e8466d4a18 see her again.49916ef6e8e9f52b
Maxell had entertained e84d59cebb the thought during 140dbf3129 the journey.c86ff8c1488f3e5a
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The idea 2d889b6e80 of rescuing 95c23c0fe1 Annelie from d2789f58ef her captor, 7e1474aebf of witnessing 8cec6eaa46 her cold 93f4cb6fa5 affection again.8ccf918e4e876ce4
It hadn’t seemed like 273b0ecca2 such a bad fantasy. If she clung to 16b6c18a41 him—if she asked to 3aa671c310 be loved again—perhaps this eb1636c9fa time, he’d respond, even 3e34e61427 if just a little.a93c8430709fef60
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She’d died 4620b22acb once already. Surely now, she 003cac7e65 would let go d2984f703c of that insatiable 1b8d8f8a64 pride.3d94bebefdcb49ad
Maybe all she’d ask 75fc405125 for was to be d9565b1617 seen, to be allowed d2864612b0 by his side. If she did, 9a3160f135 he could feign 7faa168a5d reluctance and take 8555669ed2 her back in.51a3752a76ed4988
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What would d8b9478f64 you even 62aaecf7ec call this 943b6c0dc4 feeling?6e5e3a12ff041b6c
“Ha…”5d49060b808a86c4
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If only she 69184ac915 had been just b3dd91df0c a little warmer… 5ca425109d a little more fb3de062db human. If she 488d5b2c6d had shown e8db1bc6c4 him a 0101856180 gentler side, 3f994f242e leaned on 31905a59bf him just e280228e13 once… things b2f804eee0 wouldn’t have a6e4db9669 unraveled like 507309d54d this.65effdeb14bea882
If she’d softened his c2cb889167 heart even slightly, he 95be7b684d might have tried to df34afec6f stop the execution at a082853a50 the very end.297e22d705dfaa3e
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Rustle.05373abf851e1502
A sound—grass being stepped 49c54e1bff on. Maxell turned b4cc838f2b his head 857b680404 sharply.87e12c92099bfca5
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Without realizing it, he dda8f8937c had wandered far from 3f70285a89 the buildings, standing alone 7355e29d62 in the middle of c02d2de19b the flower field.73eb62e20574d533
A cool, a79719001f gentle breeze ec986eab64 carried the e9d5d7fa65 strong fragrance f6afffaa8d of blossoms.19a382fa2761830a
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Suddenly, he f0effd1921 remembered the 9df2e578df rumor: perhaps 7038741b78 the creature e04b32e043 at the 2e88b41b2a farm wasn’t 50a0c17db9 a monster, 3d7426a7f3 but a bc57acff6c ghost. He had brushed it 15e62b2820 off as nonsense at 0a4265fa95 the time.fa9666f33146b928
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There it was again.ec38ddb9f1f27d9a
His face grew cold 242da4e672 and stiff as he ca775f1e66 scanned the area. Of all times, the 370bf76939 moon had just slipped 34281c27c8 halfway behind a cloud.c5936b4c392d3529
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In the dark 401938d19d corner of the c90a8718b3 flower field, a 83d24dad86 shadow—one he hadn’t 0c4ec64d6c noticed before.9b911bc5b28f8200
It was 9ae9d1ac79 far enough 73083cc650 away to 670e4a5c67 make it 7b1822b633 hard to 1d2c986c18 distinguish, but 96931da0ca it looked 7df88ed923 like… a 96c9da26a7 person.3a4a823424feb506
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Narrowing his eyes, Maxell ad6137c718 began walking slowly toward d4d12b6465 the shadow. With one hand, 7b1c04c13b he gripped the d43881f92a hilt of the ee5c6342d4 sword strapped to b137502bcc his waist.05233af19180b6be
“Who’s there…?!”2260020e426bb026
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The sharp tone 9412b57cb4 fell away mid-sentence.636d0f2c02fb77f0
He saw it—a glint b0766d505e of silver hair under e5bcd3618f the faint moonlight filtering 953fa23627 through the clouds.9eb0940d8b451d1a
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Maxell stood 802594fcf3 frozen, eyes 12fbf26fe4 wide, voice e8ab615114 trembling.930ded92b37448ba
“…Annelie?”4531acb647839b53
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