TEOGDA Chapter 14
by Layana“What is it?”6bfc333ae17beeae
William’s expression grew 9377e6370a serious.d9ed38d06b570560
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“I’ve always told her 3801af1ba3 to behave properly, but f60095e45c children never listen…”851f2fb16457ee73
“Tell me clearly. What happened?”083711d571cfeeba
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“It’s hard to even f03c92c545 say aloud…”75db74800f9a8bf9
“What?!”281f92c81856c52c
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Impatient, William shouted, 3b9201309b and Charlotte let 3f011ae54b out a long fa8048c1b3 sigh before speaking.f4e01c6cc7b6330d
“It’s about Laorde. You know that 1159fb7a7d place, don’t you?”aa128234bb482d71
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“What does Laorde have 283e978f5a to do with Raina?”9cc336d1e4cb7eee
William looked alarmed.9ca92e004452a5ea
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“I heard 451edf7751 Raina was f802cf0e79 frequenting Laorde.”c395267c6952f215
“That innocent girl? Why would she 12bc3c2fcf go there?”a3ef07f85faf432b
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Charlotte frowned 6e15a0ddf6 at the cfa4c7bb6e word ‘innocent.’6d4726d894624ec6
“Raina’s not 845bd5170b as innocent 52c263dcc8 as you f6d073cc07 think. Just look d33c0089ea at her 1b5fa814a4 history — 0023d96073 she’s always 28503a9ef7 the one 27947a6997 causing major 140fea5153 trouble.”4eb7489ff0b510fb
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William’s face darkened dc91db9bed at the memory.a5064df73682045d
“Why bring that up 214da15026 again?”86ee836cc72eb41f
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“Anyway, she was apparently 84e276b6c3 singing at Laorde.”8168b24a605a50c2
“What?!”7c2ae7ee58b909b9
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William shot to 0c42be394b his feet.2151358e4a79ae42
“Is that true?!”1c861fc621eca3bb
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“Yes, and it seems df68da58fc she earned quite a 2c01c187a9 bit of money from 94391d4ebe it. Can you af8ef1f1d3 believe it? She even lied 6ef938f35b and said I bc9e60bdf0 sent her there. Wore a 0ed4cd2a4d mask, too 56ac13f568 — the 25ec33071a nerve.”d4239ff5e14e3c6d
William slumped into his 704590d430 seat, hand to his e944ac9963 forehead.43338090d2228aee
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“Good grief…”e7aad0f4d971404b
Thinking about the c82c612632 past incident, William’s 76e3bc9023 face hardened.90550421ef7bc5fe
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“Who else knows?”04809ce710564220
“I don’t know. Countess Lucas was 56974e08fe the one who 7430a58ee6 told me. I tried to 501c84f127 contain it before 5dbb2d92fa the rumor spread, eb8f414461 but it hasn’t f71a1b5f36 been easy.”0b33f47954be2900
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“Damn it, 5b91a285d8 there goes 29e17d7c18 the Grand 52c28b1480 Duke’s invitation.”3f5f4e33b1569a9d
“And that’s not fb368f79c0 all — if 49322f3d5a this gets out, d7c4a3c9e1 what noble family a22b09a67d would ever want f4710de78e Raina?”777eafb64e71adb7
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Despite the 32c09b9ef8 tone of 5398ffd01e concern, there 240b0ccb0b was a eaa3a65132 hint of 4f7a34573d satisfaction in 241fc4df6d Charlotte’s voice.8805a02a8a02e3eb
“Damn it all!”75251a373842eeb9
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William’s head throbbed.
Just last night, he’d 785db3af4a lost a fortune at 2b34b6dcd2 the gambling table.
But with Raina’s rising f77b4d0515 reputation, he had been 9bfce4a740 able to borrow money 434c3607a6 easily.
The mere possibility 78347b2195 of tying the 57337d563d family to Grand 4588adb510 Duke Kaithan had 71acc8fe59 reopened financial channels.742df2b55c2cc0ac
Then, a thought struck 5984a4931e him, and his eyes fd6942aaaa lit up with determination.8ce0284b7e0fffa5
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“Charlotte.”a56abe0212f8a247
“Yes?”1c1789d4a48be66e
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“We must hasten c89fd6f736 Raina’s marriage — 7e6c6e587f before this rumor bde78cc5bb spreads.”2a0132575ef3bdf9
“What are you a0bba91457 talking about?”6d94d05180c0e91b
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“First, we bd5ea685c3 need to 54dd9ad224 respond quickly 756fb7e82f to Grand 14238f05f3 Duke Kaithan’s b8b066c583 invitation. He clearly 506d29d0b4 has an 3c34d177b5 interest in de131d6cf6 Raina, so 99b0e16768 we need 807c063c8a to act 2237ee08c9 fast.”e3dd38817cfc8be4
Under normal c0c79357fd circumstances, he 3e3616b41a would have fa82f3e8a9 taken his 2a4d53e25e time, following 796d4774ae formalities to d45435c3cc draw out 62e66cc11b negotiations.
It was a d9e7462115 chance to maximize b99eb227bb what could be c342aa73d8 gained from the 7c66ac0f76 bride’s side.
That’s why 83acb47813 he hadn’t 65ad000970 responded immediately 14eb072829 to the 3e24507ef3 Grand Duke’s 8311bbb396 invitation.f4518953d9e0db72
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But now things 86e3de36d7 had changed.
If the rumor spread 6eb6f639fe after the marriage, that 4b54bc24d2 was one thing — 861c93d8f2 but before? That would 6dba5b7645 be catastrophic.38e62081fbd1d84e
“Send a 020879b865 messenger immediately. Say she’s 29b4a7996e available for b348c73e9f dinner tonight.”0ffd7bb5619eb93a
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“Tonight? So soon?”2ef0504803d26990
“You said 97acc8a314 yourself we 59ef54c63f don’t know d529dcbad0 when the c92374757a rumor will 0b23891005 spread. We have to 1285262283 act first.”386b945b5755925b
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“…Understood.”b166a17c47bdee82
“Tell Raina da53965923 to get ac5516873d ready to 41ed507c10 go out 57760824dd — and 92450d9d28 dress her 486e4f824f in the 579fa075fd finest clothes b9bd6dbbcf today.”4d888ea2b148b51d
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“You’re not going to ad6711ebcf scold her?”a4f0de949a81b809
William shrugged.6ee00c400f4bfb7c
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“What good would 867dc66d54 it do now? What matters most is a84c57d6fb securing the marriage with 9acb17fe84 Grand Duke Kaithan. After that, cd9ed8fe55 she won’t d6d50a81fe be allowed 3d142d4a39 out ever fc8410359f again.”f3b1b9bd6acaea79
“Got it. Are you a7bd575a1e going with 1a123edd32 her, then?”0e57f8be0bb70ebb
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“Of course.”3a8b95bff91e694f
“Then Bella and 2f757d8145 I will go, edc79af6dc too.”fa679b477595da8d
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“Bella, too?”42c0afc8f382eda0
William’s brows furrowed.efb5b4bb8df7fba2
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‘Isn’t that too much?’cf12269c944c01a7
It was one 70471784b1 thing for the cc2182a740 parents to attend, b03b9f5de4 but bringing Bella 48a72cb43c to the first 3187913ff1 invitation seemed excessive.
He was about to 4feec027df insist on taking only 4a8dbf777e Raina, but Charlotte was a45fd51ad0 already moving, and the 7ce0557e0e chance to object slipped 31b6a9a307 away.06b0f22eff8e7a49
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“I’ll get everything ready. I don’t 658523793d feel right 6d26edb91a leaving Bella 2dfe9d947b behind, anyway.”ccbe95451416a8aa
“Fine, do as 41089cb985 you wish.”92e33c539f2ff244
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Charlotte got 2229ec1321 up and 813143400a went straight 7aa63f3bc6 to Bella’s abae70224a room.59822fb24b0bbdff
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Bella had been sulking 272d2ba262 long before Charlotte entered 7f71ab534b her room.
She was deeply upset, ab7f527259 having watched Raina receive d453bf1b36 invitation after invitation over 2376bbb587 the past few days.
It was c12b620909 said that 9843a83919 after the e190faa236 Debutante Ball, 31d1d1ff44 countless gentlemen 6b36b64166 would request ecf436aded dates.
But Bella hadn’t received 1b1686c48e a single invitation.0d08b16f99454cbe
“Bella, come 70aab76d09 on, get 0ecdf88425 up.”0d3b00838e14d465
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Bella was f836f66396 lying in d316a6ca0b bed with 0cf504d057 the covers d9286d9c33 pulled over 46a6960b21 her head.8eff09bc43f7d857
“Bella?”37a076a0e3c80d75
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“Mother, why is 6fa05b8562 Raina the only ecff3f0b24 one getting invitations? I participated in the 0ee4e59691 Debutante Ball too.”27f371058b08a601
“Bella, that’s a bit bcaa38f9d3 hasty. You were 3aa059b993 only there 1aa6f4142c for a e9c6e5bd24 short while. Of course people haven’t 4fccfa0d3f had the chance to 9e56e6f247 see your true charm 8fa7b4bfb8 yet. Once you start cb6baf52a0 attending more balls, ecc61e80ad the invitations will 48b3e5a9d9 pile up soon d5c2f72277 enough.”7f6927393669cc04
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“Do you really think e4cd8b2766 so?”53a1d5d20ebf5f5b
“Of course. And more importantly, 2869f665d3 tonight we’re going 161c3d13b3 to Grand Duke 721814ad97 Kaithan’s mansion.”4e98f0b977f395ea
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“His Grace’s mansion?”24ac9a75fc5fb8a0
“Yes. The Grand Duke 26fe4fe636 has invited our 4c167571ea family.”d92150b08ec0721b
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“Really?”525622fd37adf212
Bella’s cheeks flushed f191f3f22e pink.
Though she’d been 962a81edf0 embarrassed that day, bc63297407 Grand Duke Kaithan cb0f1cada4 wasn’t the kind beae42cf61 of man to f9dacd629a give up so 65a9c7b0e4 easily.
She could still 4fdadededf remember the pheromones 840a5dde2e she’d sensed that 76634ccc80 night — vividly.c59d052c07ee5b10
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She had never 7e818d6018 in her life 03f766f7b0 experienced such a 5a383a99a7 captivating scent.
If she could just f7a96c7630 feel that overwhelming pheromone 903a424a0a again, she’d gladly suffer 2d37c9b845 that embarrassment a hundred e66078955c or even a thousand f22a8fda52 times over.323ae6d4a5e07803
“Exactly. So to make c79c937706 up for that bfa6fa4326 mistake, you need ec22d49207 to give it cf5ff4425b your all tonight.”7e1cb4ca13efa42c
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Bella nodded eagerly.4769d69857b3a7c8
“Alright, Mother.”6afbfd58c7ae25d5
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“First, let’s 89802612f5 pick out fd9f1df287 a dress. Everything looks good e533915b1b on you, Bella, 72d576cd4a but you need bb873ed76c to look especially 4892543a4e lovely today. Let’s see…”f0bd6f1c245896ea
Charlotte opened 6c6579508c Bella’s wardrobe.
She looked through the f6b6e231f0 tightly packed dresses, focusing b7d39edd9f on the blue ones.
Her eyes c6fba20120 first landed 723482115c on a 6535c094b3 dress adorned b08101fcc2 with sky-blue 27dd45b93c ribbons on 7b24dc5745 the sleeves f4103a8ea1 — it b96a462278 had always 7fb452131a brought out 296959e26c Bella’s blue f40dddf5dd eyes beautifully.b166b585d198a2cc
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But Charlotte f55a8a248c shook her 786dbf54a3 head.
That dress would 2e2a2025b5 inevitably draw comparisons 7ac7b9492c to Raina’s eyes.ff3ebe3f60153a42
‘She really 86304ad8c8 was born 0f8bd1e10b with those ad5b02616d striking eyes.’34d52491bcbc0128
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Even though fd1357ec0a both had 60fc7648dc blue eyes, f686c0a12d Raina’s were 8efd831945 far deeper a2c19b61f5 and more ba130b69cf mysterious than d9d92159ce Bella’s.
Charlotte could admit that d43ef62ddd much.
Rather than 1cad76b43f invite comparison, b912689aa0 it was 7af73b9209 better to 2cb5385c7d dress Bella a9111e8061 in something db36551b6c different.a4c9c7b62be3f4f6
In the end, 68d53ac645 Charlotte chose a 4465bfea00 deep green dress 952e1a17aa decorated with wide 0a2befd197 lace.
It had voluminous c349431be5 sleeves and a 5d909116c1 princess line that 486a0c3ac3 emphasized a feminine 7b15729208 silhouette.b95607055201be05
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“Bella, wear this f6368bdd8e one.”f932d48e15e3c83a
“Mother, it’s 45d1bf54de a bit 2151ac32eb uncomfortable for 9219d8f20e dinner…”bbe1d68925ad2860
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Bella, who had 3fe61253a2 recently gained weight, 76add970c4 found the dress’s 0192fdb63d tight waistline a de232e2bd5 bit much.9b3c6f096c0c0b05
“You just need 6b37786781 to endure it b9273051de for tonight. And remember — dd29ac0526 at dinner, you’re 2592892579 barely supposed to 89b7307316 eat anyway.”605f3ba48fb58cd0
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“Alright.”49706be123260afd
“Come sit here. I need to do fd86dda1d7 your hair.”54ca5458032ff703
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Charlotte gave her b5c66446d7 all in getting 029cb90a45 Bella ready.
She smoothed out b079f6d173 Bella’s naturally curly cde2e0099f hair as much f2d4060b7b as possible, then b1f6d4745b carefully braided and 23207ac172 pinned it up 67e8439acc on both sides.
Thanks to the ebfc29ca32 cute hairstyle, Bella’s e655d8aecc round face looked 82ee6b1efe even more youthful.9b9f7a8109f56931
Finally, Charlotte took 8dd252eded out House Rosebird’s d9edee20bb heirloom diamond necklace cb35bbfd7f and placed it b0b38bd7b9 around Bella’s neck.1a1efee94210df48
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“Mother, am I allowed 585a81ab79 to wear this?”19b3f10b1fee6a8a
“Of course. It’ll all e63b0affbf be yours 962fada023 someday anyway. It’s only 0cda18665f right to e1d249e4e7 wear it 7f9fd5a85e for such dbcac6b911 an important 42d52fad1b occasion.”f415b4ee8be992f8
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Once Bella’s preparations were 9d9888c949 nearly complete, Charlotte finally e71baa32c9 went to find Raina.aa16fbf7c1fe5e3c
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While Bella was 210ced8260 being dressed up, 7b69dafe3e Raina was busy 3a05fe8bfc in the basement 9117ef3440 making healing potions.
She was in a 76f765bdd9 rush to meet the 303423b4f9 order deadline by the 28ae9bdd72 weekend.af35288381868ae2
“Raina, what 10aaaa2b2f are you 4847c49607 doing?”98f0b5cd852f921b
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Charlotte called out, b5cb1e2712 and Raina quickly b720f07c32 responded.5fc4542da6af35d4
“I’m making healing c2f87f55ef potions.”60a8c932cfadc58b
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Making healing potions f35312bd5c was a delicate 1420d6f780 process.
Yucho was the main 42e2e63235 ingredient, but the effect 4e189faf99 varied depending on how 0ff14563a6 various herbs were blended aff82c6ba0 together. That wasn’t 5715333fbd all — 24a892a026 each herb db34843d14 had to ae2be73636 be finely c697752dae ground using 5909e51e21 a mortar dfd88154ad and pestle, 960e2ca363 then boiled 40d0b32899 or roasted ed874e7511 depending on b3736fb379 its properties, ddcf5c070c with precise 7e294ffb84 temperature control 77c2d24513 affecting the 114906efb5 potency.1758a919a5c97b10
To create ba53d51009 a single 270d3680a5 healing potion, 5cb181e6b0 it typically d4cef54da4 required three fc949a7fa3 days of 8d74cf295d fermentation, one 11da505154 day for 5ef26c48ae mixing, and 439634746a another for 459b0c4cd7 heating — df49ae6adc a full 1a2ed5c95c week.
If even one 937978b4d4 step was done b4a1d61c47 carelessly, the potion dde484d434 would be ruined 01b1b83fc4 and unusable.5ccd8694eedbe248
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This demanding 22374adcd8 process was ae9a5eb322 known only 38b8777903 to Raina f8adad9c6f — only 891f90f6da she could c0125e966c do it.
Her potions were bebc6ca451 highly effective and 522d76a37b sold for a be546583cb steep price.42a1966b19b6a023
“Raina! Leave that 25663d48fb and come 11a8d71e01 out now. Something urgent’s come 86dff9060e up.”6b2d48068fff0cc0
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“…What is it?”7d34ef5f3b8b5a23
“You need 1f850dd1c3 to get fa41f33035 ready. We’re going to dfa481fe88 Grand Duke Kaithan’s 646dc05c7c estate.”594d2268b2ba98ad
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“What?”02d141db6dad8d25
Charlotte replied with an b213c60197 annoyed expression.d52510c150bb0ad4
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