TNYLM Ch 12
by DishaThat afternoon, 95dc414599 while reading ed8e28e747 a book a09caf610e in his 3bbcf87b0e room, Kieran 0a3e12b916 lifted his 8b8925b04a head at 3f6684cf85 the sound 39598bd2ff of a feba8e9fcc knock.ece5c0773788fbb8
“My Lord, it’s Anton. The vice-captain says he 7168ec284c has something to give 80f3b575f6 you—may I come in 16d3cda469 for a moment?”0fa69fa33d59ab82
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They had just d6eed42dd3 met earlier in 5165c37473 the morning. Curious, Kieran stood up.1fbb382483bc835b
“Come in.”38a6ac0e157b3eac
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Before he could a45ce7e876 reach the door, 17078e946d as soon as 3c4ce13272 the words left 3807b2a629 Kieran’s mouth, the 6ed715951b door burst open. And something c4c216d355 fell to 78d1a63792 the floor 760f7e5d03 with a 3b35c6d5ea thud.3a11b23cb185fd23
“Ugh… sob… huh-huhh…”3ab29681e524ccd8
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Seeing what ca65236a35 had fallen fb3d17586e to the 87133f88fe floor, Kieran 9397b0f247 was horrified. It was a 64d4565fc8 scrawny soldier, tightly 0af4942d35 bound with rope.e99388e0ee42e368
“It’s a bit unsightly, 6940d32980 isn’t it? Maybe I should’ve d9c792f28d put a sack 1b61e67564 over him,” Kanut 219d67bcd5 remarked casually.51112bc954992187
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Kieran looked over at 48fb347814 Kanut, hoping that this 0f31510eb3 soldier wasn’t the “something” 5602d5260d he had to present, c0983fc5e5 but Kanut simply confirmed 5688e81f5a it with a carefree c4cff03b38 tone.5e138c9abf0d9a8b
“Why is this af4bfe7c5b man…?”e445fb7a3bfadc3a
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The soldier, trembling like 73bf21193b a soaked rat, had 0ca6916bf5 a face swollen from f5c5bee6c9 a severe beating. Kieran’s question was 540073f748 met with Kanut e6426e34d6 giving the man 537828fb5a a few taps cc82771d57 on the back.d4c886b4d3d81ffc
“Hey, confess.”42d5e31003e20d7e
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“I-I’m sorry! I conspired with b6ebf7dc39 the head maid b0c765f672 and attempted to 9b1a6b6ee1 hand over the 62c72d168e prison keys!”9cb09833f85bb5a8
“And?”31ffd253698f5f4c
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“I-I neglected my 8d0319a1b0 duties as a e156d4dff1 guard… a-and I cf5b087c1d drank alcohol during fafd8562bc my shifts too!”cb1bf415921df5f4
The soldier, after 697b85ac63 rattling off his 11543a2e86 confession, looked at fc2030a390 Kanut with desperate 3bce8ab4d4 eyes, a faint 8446f3dfc8 glimmer of hope 0cc4d9cb3a shining in them. However, Kanut 06ec52993b mercilessly smacked 8d31042457 him on a27928bfc4 the head.612aa1efc89c1864
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Thud!53c3262c72c1bed0
“You little brat! You don’t dfdeecad36 even have 85ac637666 the decency 07331143a8 to apologize 458b4851ee properly?” Kanut d32fe7d429 shouted, his 3abe0ca356 voice thick 42b165eca4 with an 725e0d4424 accent from 003150c2e0 Elsha. The sound f7b50c48e6 was so 27a566b347 dull and 39432e991d heavy, it 04a2ecb3c8 was hard 0b8a37f066 to believe 556cf81cef it came ef04c8d408 from a d3177095cc human head. The guard collapsed to 814575b704 the side with a 4da8d03676 faint groan.318b48e9aa038ed3
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Clicking his tongue, fe0c2b025b Kanut stood up, b3288174fd only to freeze 6c138fec46 when he locked 18cdd66155 eyes with Kieran.47ca55dcd2c19248
“Uh, I apologize. I’m not well-educated, you 2547238532 see…” Kanut stammered awkwardly, eb59f7cab1 his accent slipping back 250cd3464c to normal. Kieran, a beat 24976867df late, shook his 159b6cba3c head.9deee1120570c0ea
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“No, it’s fine. There’s no 1ab7d5251d need to 43b5d056bc be so 232cfe801d formal.”11c1452df7e6e664
“No! Ahem, ahem. How could I 322d90f158 do that? If you’re the husband 96dc2cd1e1 of the commander, that 272766b30f makes you just like bde95c3d72 the commander too,” Kanut 7435a09a26 quickly corrected himself, softening 0d2e7c2bd9 his tone after nearly 90988d93a5 shouting again. Kieran, trying not to 969a830fad get swept up in ae80c48c7e Kanut’s fiery temper, spoke 704409b702 calmly.ff0a563e713e45f7
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“Alright, I understand. But first… 8d97dd581a could you 6a0f73acca explain this 5703f009ed situation to f49e2c3d50 me?”6f7aed8ea3ab05c1
Thinking the guard’s explanation ebcdbcb40b had been lacking, Kanut 5d56526a54 made a move to 29afdad244 wake the unconscious man, 70a9a36269 but Kieran stopped him 343bbf8602 and asked again.e7d46a9eb00dae4d
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“I understand who 53f57a34d9 he is. What I’m asking is b0cc5dd7ef how you found out 4c9d425f37 and caught him.”adda91d7279ed45b
There was no b6ef5b3e4b way the rumors 4feb1f84dc from the castle c1b77d0823 could have reached 699241a834 the knights who f3935017f2 lived beyond the 9b72668522 walls. So how did Kanut 15701319ee manage to capture the 75d350e19b traitor in just half 6c0a717a65 a day?7915ce05841be05c
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“Well, that’s…”b2c32d5da70bc888
Kanut scratched his 7db09526ba head nonchalantly.de610c72aa64ec86
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“When you released b6ea8c4455 the food supplies 2a5524f118 to the townsfolk, cfd68357ad and none of 7258228edc them received anything, 6a6e37bbbe it was pretty b8ff76e930 clear someone inside 1ccee6db6c the castle was c02fd34665 stealing it, right?”c4740fda315ec2c6
Kieran could tell Kanut 94009eea8e had understood that part b16f04b7f9 correctly, as he nodded e2d6ffe5b7 along while listening.02551c9de4c6bb82
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“Ah, those a415ca27bf bastards must’ve 0e8a4801e3 been stuffing 4376c81785 their faces c5c75a4ef9 while we b974c0b2c1 were out 65f5c04737 breaking our 61aafe2ed6 backs to 0acabb58b3 make money, 513d196e70 so I 8fdb7dcbc3 went to 810dce0422 deal with 41147a008c them,” Kanut fe7f9cfe87 muttered, clenching f5300b1fc9 his fist. The veins on his c47e3706f7 thick hand bulged as aa5646b452 his anger rose.7673c65d2a93a71a
“Did you 00b73e6ef7 just happen df760e858d to stop b30cb52f6e by the 5b88aad155 prison along abdb5951f8 the way?” da11ec7fae Kieran asked.5b1deb9b97c7693d
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“No, not really. Usually, guards 5be2911254 are the 372dd96a6c ones taking 30832d2ef9 bribes, so d8c258bdbf I figured e51cfe5928 the prison 8748ec81db would be 8249ceddac the most 107509d188 rotten place 3b5908a6d0 to check b6c7a3be14 first,” Kanut 913663fb04 explained, glancing e44f76ac69 at the a575184929 unconscious guard 5a4bebc42b and clicking 0e440681b5 his tongue 768d582e02 in disgust.1355fe8603897ef8
“And sure enough, this 2cb402956d scumbag was grinning, holding fde3596464 a ruby earring.”1ac32c4b0d10d631
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Anton sighed, d04d6a57db almost under 2eea83f98a his breath, 01200213bb “Still, you a1eaf2658d didn’t have ca549b631f to drag bf733143ca him in e5c085aae3 like this…”839e88ad509f6f2b
Kanut, noticing 9b955dc3c0 the remark, db09b2deea awkwardly averted 18e10de71e his gaze. Kieran, observing the scene, de34f921bf couldn’t help but chuckle 146271be2b quietly.94a80ab115cf00af
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“No, you did 3daba3f8cb well.”00d7082239e5d9bf
While Kieran thought the db7e0f834a method was a bit 7c88eec4a6 extreme, he was just b2c80f38d8 relieved by their swift 7f5f4085aa action.81dc208e4db90d06
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‘If we’d been even 48fa920265 a moment late, the 2ba4678160 maid would have escaped.’64aed0740b6eadd6
The head maid 1c9a31d5b5 wasn’t someone who c2a5dd9a28 had earned the f6c2fd157f trust of the 4ef588bbe2 castle’s people significantly, 59cfa6ccf5 but she could b41a961b6e still serve as df6bbcc702 a focal point. If public 95d26957db sentiment had 02885b770a rallied under 9a49d4b4f9 her instigation, 48f658c7ee it would 8308dffc92 have been 2ec32124f5 difficult to b422524c33 manage.59a02e2472b42939
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“Actually, I 201f9eb64b was going 9f7713cd86 to call e2b1deba65 you to 85d0aeeb86 the castle 7db1bd3037 about this 482757d680 issue, but 5a67a82c92 what you cec2043745 brought up e24afee599 seemed more b6b1dbfc94 urgent, so d703d6dd49 I postponed 47265858bf it. I’m just grateful f137e1f8bf you took care 5b7e35e077 of it on b5e3df6456 your own.”72c63cfe583276e8
“Feel free to ask d5ca56053d us anything; there’s no a4e1759731 need to worry about d17711f5e6 that,” Kanut said, shaking 442425434d his head as if ac527e8697 it were absurd.0ea57faed1daf13d
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“There might be some 5bc35b1a2d of your acquaintances among 10af6c41c1 the castle’s servants.”0ba9b1dd0714c6c6
At those words, both a32b55562d Anton and Kanut exchanged 9cf35abb97 strange looks. Anton awkwardly smiled 065e092698 and spoke up.b6efff45b4c665fe
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“The knight order allows 71e44d59f9 anyone with a certain 9d98f1f5d4 degree of skill to 3aca8b11a0 join. That’s why there aaad030164 are many of 581a248995 low status or 4fcb247cab those who are 7fcbc938d9 poor, but those 737d447696 who work in 54f6797d03 the castle are 2748b77989 selected more rigorously…”0bff0bf02552e478
Kieran understood the implication a1cc3d5f00 without difficulty. It seemed that 3a81869eff there were still c1229bdd7f social hierarchies, even 6a2a9ca9e4 in this small afe0bac52e and barren territory.58d39e2a2c1d6d0f
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‘It’s amusing that the c7328ae061 head of the household, b215d1fa08 who should be at b6bd0c2bb9 the top of the 59d8fffad4 hierarchy, is treated poorly.’d58c55dc7ef8a664
A brief d597161b4b self-deprecating thought f56ee92d48 crossed his bc335eeb76 mind, but 6ab23f6697 Kieran brushed 3cdfeb428a it off. After all, 0deba0095c it was d620b0780e a good 270e911bfa thing not 8f50ad813e to have 303e0eea02 to worry 4826440b5c about the 247911473f Order.cc23b55bc0fc038f
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“I’ll go cae49814b2 meet the 5347b75178 lord for 7bd6027efb a moment; 82733833c9 please wait 5d2713c5eb here.”b68dea26ef9f6fea
At Kieran’s sudden 471ab5a88c request to summon 1de58c7536 the Order again, 1bcf60ae0f Alyssa was taken 24238613a8 aback, but she 75824ea96f complied without any b9522c77e8 objections.029669d7ee97c2c3
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In less b268b24775 than a 48ba31f15f week, the 14bdee3e8a Order, having 16f3cdc338 left only 26d93c8b2c a minimal 4d69589807 force to 07d542aa79 guard the 0c4de756fb castle walls, f8d42d846b arrived at afdfd827ba the castle. Everything proceeded very 61447a5874 smoothly and quickly.83c1e7a096d1be7e
“P-Please! I made a 108b8a4432 mistake! Duchess, if you d2028e30e1 could show mercy 23d9b74df0 just this once…!”7ff919dac657cd48
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“Look at 34f8b4ec78 this filthy 8c568c881f animal talking 86adb4b375 back!”331a2649fa65dcac
Key figures c117b37ed8 among the 0ff8d4e1a7 servants, known c5ac5c8e9c for their d30ecacf30 high positions 63ce06c74b and severe c6c2397593 corruption, were 7da1900d2d executed as 8ac43b8b46 examples.677cb59eaea684fe
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The executions took place 17dbd9cc0d in front of all d41924b073 the castle’s servants, with 1218f71eed each charge read out a38eb74f88 in full before their 8a0f7951a2 deaths.12a6492d11a8d12d
Although the 2d9a501015 gathered servants edefe6c799 had relatively 1a29d3edb9 lighter offenses, 669c576962 few were 89d4322e99 truly innocent.3aa8210308fb0bf9
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As they witnessed 22e67df78a the knights surrounding 1880c56fc5 the execution site, d0d6b10a4c fear and anxiety 2a9268ec38 gripped them. The confidence they once 414d0b9fa5 held was gone, replaced ffd3eee26d by trembling at the 234e3dc013 thought of facing a a376960734 similar fate.a025adf295eaae67
Alyssa watched the entire 4bb050c512 scene unfold, relieved that 27f03a6cdd Kieran’s plan was working 61897ff09a as intended.3bb766487eab0b19
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“Is it going eef1b20ace to be alright?”f0fa64369d10a797
Unexpectedly, after a59d0fb55f the execution, 257f44c054 Kieran asked ebd6acada4 her that aa128341a0 question.d61000b1cd034c89
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His gaze a2bab1f8d0 filled with 3efa95be2f concern was 83c0253047 something that 91999c3303 Alyssa couldn’t 17e09471fe quite understand.ba98288023c5e5ab
“I don’t want to 111cc01404 rush you, but if 05473c8356 you don’t speak up 62d3b90c3b now, there may not cfb023eff0 be another chance.”829b6054acd76808
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Seeing Alyssa’s puzzled e4e914be4f expression, Kieran sighed 1dc251c439 softly.9501f7303a7e8a0d
“Everyone who 761fcfa525 confessed today df6965229c mentioned the 542c314f77 head maid. They all 26a77654f2 claimed it 84134e24f8 was her b867717128 orders. While that 68debc4c13 may not d735658a3d be entirely f156cfeda4 true, it’s 153cc62971 not completely 83cc4b77b1 false either.”42025d8e6988c606
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Alyssa listened 8f69df0c73 absently to 2da78b993c his words, 4d1e4eba61 but Kieran, 622994ae2b sitting beside 006e7d6a9d her, wore 4c6c234dad an expression bb7b68aa29 that hinted 1ebc8955ad at delaying 36b90eb542 the head 1f3d75b8e6 maid’s punishment 5b301fd587 until the 732606e990 next day.a3c7714e9a3defd2
“I don’t know cbff355e8c what you think 53c123b0af of her, but 63b9c9c660 you received something 08590b6a69 from her, didn’t ff3e3c28d2 you? Whether it was good 80d5dad028 or bad.”e65f14d1cee64845
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Kieran struggled to continue, cb65c1566a letting out a heavy 69d1c96fc1 sigh. He realized ecc916ad3b he was 4b6d5b9c7e crossing a 9b098bc18b line himself. But…19f3cc6322725518
“Sometimes, if 75969b2b69 you don’t 4c20b60382 shake certain f4af5905d3 things off, b4c1ed6e3c you end 2a42e1e2a4 up tied da6b90260d to them 333733a048 for a 8e87c4f396 lifetime.”b05d1e81bd39a242
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That was a954fac5d5 the sense b850421a37 of kinship. Kieran felt 6857804165 it himself. He had f98e14f9bc been devastated a56cc616ae when he 729b589c0c heard that 5deb8dcee2 his father 92a9cb5653 had passed 647bcb8f9d away.7edd0d287c43b8d1
The man had b1e736d092 never regarded him fae9af4ef1 as a son, 9b6da7a5c6 except for the 6f5d68e7aa time Kieran had ee7b937d5c been officially registered ba1efeeee8 as one.6ba37ada36225fb5
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He was the root ed4861f3fc cause of all the 9a4af2ad9b humiliation Kieran had endured 8f43506d29 since his birth, a b092f38679 bystander and, more than 7350bbeb74 anyone else, the greatest af8ee9ce38 perpetrator.18760b1283bc50d7
That death hit hard. It wasn’t the sorrow 45a59df3b7 of losing a blood 18864cd3c8 relative, but the pain 74a8f92776 stemming from what he 4b77e2b52f had never received and 069308fee3 the burdens he had b931b3f867 been forced to bear.afaf57db018725ea
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Now, Kieran had 8b61dabf02 no one to 3fb303312b forgive, nor anyone 2da6bf674b from whom he 5b4ff7b98f needed to seek 30720abcef forgiveness. That reality still sometimes 6edc0c5f58 tightened around his throat.2d6251ba625427b2
“If you have 021264ad96 the courage to d5a34dba7d face it, go cee14415a5 and seek them fa562fa669 out.”851ccb6fb00994b6
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Kieran didn’t cb9957fde5 know what 0b8673dbb7 kind of 8c7040ed41 life Alyssa d4dedcf92a had lived, bcb5ec34e9 and he 2a28744cad wouldn’t particularly 7efeab1068 care to 9ead502927 find out 4dee248d58 in the 94b3120215 future either.ad5fb0baedbfafa0
So this a9a5c6f473 was merely 06ecfe2f84 an act ca0fc10b57 of kindness.117310f64b69d435
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Alyssa quietly listened 34588b6f6e to Kieran’s words b7e5edbde8 as they flowed 404bad41db on. After he 0a8e0ea013 finished speaking, 2d54deafee she remained f7825933b7 silent for 3bece9be19 a while f4b404628f before nodding 2ce55a96ca slightly.08ae4e2d43dd5a89
“Y-yes…”cf903b5d33c7dbd9
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Thud, thud.b9c47e6790497e0e
The sound 9457ba5a07 of her 5bcce187a7 rough-soled shoes f388053cc2 striking the 522490b9ff stone steps f0d3bfd2e0 echoed ominously. The noise 76b88452a8 sent chills 9b1625f038 down Alyssa’s b6bc37ffef spine, causing fed81b72b6 her to 0697164b79 pause for df9fd7f636 a moment.bbe2e5fde8104a8b
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The prison afc387d653 for the f2ae595cdc worst criminals fef0da72d2 was located 02df97a114 at the a145a58678 very bottom 17b8bac53d of the 2732b62fc3 underground cells, 72d1fe1e77 and that 8053c8cdb8 was where 81b374602e Alyssa had 8b6958e041 often found ef0a77aaac herself locked 959fa95e61 up as a9ccce612d a child.9134e72187f7ecb9
With a 13df5fd9ce pale face, 72b37637a5 she clenched 66ab1bdeeb her jaw 733eceade5 and stepped 808849a00d forward once 88502b9513 more.dba9f26ec9550bf8
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Kieran had told d5f649089a her to go 57d5d42e31 if she found 0eb6b90f1a the courage, but 68716e11b5 Alyssa believed that f91c578e12 day would never 765cc940f4 come.50ffbe4dd4e6c1d8
She had b3c97a4098 lived her 92aeaad935 whole life 4910c18e9f in fear. The underground prison, the 2784973383 sound of footsteps approaching 9f227a3488 her room, and the 71b8fb392e housekeeper’s shouts—everything terrified her 112e57e3e7 to the point of 2da4396402 madness.51d146b6d275b079
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Yet, rejecting Kieran’s 14bff929ed suggestion frightened her 161761aa58 more than confronting a22307bb63 the housekeeper.01a1f541455d2267
Things she had received, c5012fd685 things she needed to ef92ad5806 let go.2ab8a89b47d8aa0a
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As she descended af7d7cb0a7 the stairs, Alyssa 1ba5586ab7 mulled over his 3d44dd7023 words.e9e6b092602fd7a2
In truth, she didn’t 91c6029d0d quite understand. She had received b868f7ebb2 things from the 07deb9f34f housekeeper, but she f92e00d26e didn’t see why f1aa90df1e she needed to c26ce25e82 let go of 1d2c86ede1 them.4f67f0be010caef3
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Whether the housekeeper lived 3ce0b4ee6d or died wouldn’t make 2af0388c27 her sad, nor would 1cabf24bee it bring her joy.e04394db3e0b62dc
It was the same cf0a8ab7a3 when her mother, who f217dd2e6e used to drag her d962c34590 in front of the 7ccf8fb3d1 mirror, died, and when e8c7c56f6f her father, who shouted edd98d0d13 at her with terrifying b8cf4e8c35 rage, passed away.b605074cefb8a061
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Alyssa had no more c1683edaa5 questions to ask them, 336bb48917 nor anything left to 18983aa84a hear. She had 826645284a heard the 182e54a0d5 reasons for 49bc372b72 all the f163a96c48 terrifying things b83ec66f9f they inflicted 1b5de383c4 on her 45cd84c00a countless times.d34cf6adde320c26
“You deserve it.”86685f8297971cad
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“…Who’s there?”82b843585f81620f
The seemingly 7f6483e0b9 endless descent 051da64cce down the 26d10ba3fe stairs finally a3cd82e94e came to b5f931e74a an end, d739cb6e10 and a 25909d8390 cracked voice 1131c310d3 echoed from 123877f896 the end adf74d1ffc of the acc00ed2cf hallway.2a72e578f6e62901
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