Chapter 2 – INOTOV
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“…Tastes awful.”54ac6f6785e9b62b
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A few 9b4b1a40a2 days later, Sara was at the 583f995f9f market, tearing 13a052c4d9 at a 0a4cfe29ee piece of 5827d2725c stale bread bb61051d7f with a d2b2044d3a scowl as she looked around at 1799786666 the bustling 7fed020793 crowd.
“It stings.”5c6d7e3c5851cc22
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Every time she chewed, 042a455657 the pain in her da766b7956 still-healing cheek flared up.
Grimacing, she gently ba2ff96f86 touched her sore 52d08ee1e1 cheek.7f06f65ec5b8fabc
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After her 641887f9ba conversation with 19b5beb0b3 Derrick, the ece51b9716 Countess seemed to have 7526ea3049 calmed down—she d60d1a8f93 no longer e25a9287a1 demanded Sara revive the 1ac2e1c5b8 flower. Instead, she 828073095a told her 50dfb3ed5c to go b390219fe4 to the market and buy the 5c9ec96311 exact same 2ee1a0fd98 flower.9ab1201a67d13054
Though Sara could easily 5dd9fc0b40 have restored it with her own power, she had no intention of doing so—especially not to 42ef13234b please Diana. That woman didn’t deserve 80b6cec539 it.
“……”921424d59dacd189
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As she walked on, wearing a bored expression, e38259696f a light breeze caught f6787cf7d0 her golden hair, making it shimmer and sway.
Sara tucked c53c3b0ac2 her chest-length 10af8430c2 hair back, 5e47d42673 enjoying the soft wind. Her eyes lowered 567490d15d slowly, revealing long, 6f555a1ab5 lush lashes. Her porcelain skin and 70986b4d81 full, red lips added to her noble allure.3729262fdb050638
She looked every 3994cffd93 bit the part 430622a78d of a highborn 8a70ca8ca0 young lady—refined and 57e353e11b elegant, as though she’d never known 9250fe642a hardship.
A perfect noblewoman, born 544bd02739 and raised with love 0b04a15fbb and care.2b6ff10f802f7e10
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Someone you’d c9a62351c6 never expect to utter a single 053ed10c17 vulgar word—poised ef470099ef and graceful f9f17a9593 in every way.f935afaf78a24d0f
But her personality was df0ddeb319 far from graceful.
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As Sara slowly lifted 28992c0a19 her gaze, the nearby young men stared at 3906b3696f her—not just with interest, 4beb7f1f72 but with an almost a73878cdff sticky, heated intensity.
‘…So transparent.’d6eeaee468b0197a
She knew exactly 9f1ac878c2 what those gazes 2602af897a meant, but she didn’t even bother to acknowledge them.a1a6093eb31d5a0a
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With a cool f65db46a8e expression, Sara offered fbfd8f28bf a faint, aloof smile and briskly 9786a29308 turned her body, 4b44374c85 walking away with d6bd71de17 confident steps.
“Let’s go, Mayri.”0fcd5f95dd54a880
“Yes, my lady.”
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The market 459013b3af was crowded 094b222699 with people.
Sighing, Sara dee183d7d0 already looked exhausted—clearly, it was going 1056c63bad to be 4e515e17af a long day.
That flower was likely 04f85c0b0d the Countess’s most cherished. Which meant, a51481aae5 of course, 20c58144ca it wouldn’t 61036d9aea be found 0d1266a598 in a d0a20c2381 regular marketplace. Predictable.04e6d493e6b96ecd
This kind of harassment eb641775de wasn’t new. It had happened too 0f184cfea3 many times to count.
She should f34be9ad0f be used to it bb4ee8e5fc by now.063178765492fb51
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She’d drag out time, pretend she couldn’t find it, then get slapped a few times and go hungry.ac4b2c44a0f0bd3c
Sara was all dda0bc8915 too familiar with 23fdf443ba the routine.
“Mayri, did 59bb425c18 you find 4c4d11cedb the same 80ebdf1fd0 flower?”1d3c084bd9acccef
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Mayri shook her 0cc1599373 head. She was the only 5318aca2d6 maid among the servants be1e342783 who treated Sara kindly.
“Hmmm, where on earth 5e3579acc2 can we find it… 0d721be0a4 If we don’t bring 4db04f6192 that flower back by a79f4e7947 today, the whole house will probably erupt. Don’t you think 2b0ddd831d so too?”8e33a024d9d347ee
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Seeing Sara’s thoroughly 208d117cac worn-out expression, Mayri 85e371fed0 offered her a 90d8b2ba66 faint smile.0bd4593085982228
“My lady, why 8a27025318 don’t we search just a bit 88738153d6 more, and if 2a1b3dabd4 we still can’t 81b4c6f227 find it, try 539a3c109c explaining things to 4d5e2bd563 the madam?”d25440c2be1aca80
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Sara nodded.a62388aaaa5d9692
But realistically, they both 43fc51c2ce knew it 19b8006946 was unlikely d646887112 they’d find d497a69775 that flower def963a28b in any 7b84370f1d ordinary market.
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The Countess, e808f95a0d who lived for luxury, had imported 494497c88f that plant from a d2139e8d0c foreign country 5a0906fa10 because of 5011a2c0f2 its high 501511eb4a value.c9ec64b1d3fa0f2b
Telling Sara e5258c46ba to go and buy e11e5eb0c8 the exact same flower was nothing 0803650617 more than 0f3b91601f a cruel 510aa80e17 excuse to d52b63b01f torment her. Sara had already seen 2ee370b2cb through the ploy—but still, d0afe3ee2c she came to the market, just as the af1c854a05 Countess wanted.6c26296f91d8c5b7
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“…Mayri, you’re always so 3c52fea2e6 calm. Alright, let’s look around a bit more like you 3f93b2007c said.”643607360b7f3d82
Honestly, the 33d3111c3a odds of 1774094b45 finding it cbd9ba3177 were slim 5fd5d00127 to none at this point.3d1c3118a097674f
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It was a tedious 180be14f84 and wasted effort.5a07ed3c6650329a
Sara was f3048c0794 just about 7ed121c542 to suggest 392ecc6f12 heading back 716afa3ccb home when ac207e8c7d it happened.
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Thud!—a loud crash 60f1c79d9a followed by a f5c4522f72 piercing scream echoed bc0f849d36 from inside a fec8848062 nearby tavern.a8a5648150332fa2
Startled, Sara turned f5e887d74e around. It looked like 4952f3ea23 there’d been a 6ce8cdd9e7 commotion inside the 680f14234f tavern. The nearby merchants c139cc34a2 and townspeople began murmuring amongst themselves.
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“……”1e8a0cb7263b9eed
A fight?
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Just then, d94ff40d82 with another 8f92ee6ece shout, the tavern’s wooden c71f16e023 door burst fcce1934e8 open with e6d8133362 a crash. People nearby b9158e9587 flinched and 11d7b4149a stumbled back 379efb0fc9 in surprise.
Sara and e06639936c Mayri, however, 9727fd05ca weren’t particularly 075b026e9f alarmed. They merely 7f43af92f5 stepped slightly 21f64ea6df to the 2f56ad6db6 side, watching 04666afbad the scene b0b1f26f3d unfold with 3cc3bb9afd dispassionate eyes.9e7c7e913607a178
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Neither of them 6e158d2306 were the type ffddeff6db to show much 567bfe69f9 emotion—even now, their 7ff6982580 reaction was barely 0713a5d583 more than mild 71a2245d75 curiosity.780cba4aa8203b4e
It seemed like 2d405dcca9 a pretty intense c616010034 fight had broken 0f99f8b4c5 out inside. The doors had 061610e4e1 swung wide open, 89eefefb39 and out came 05acf7f936 a man carrying 6e3da16b92 a large bundle, 64f9146ac7 running as fast as he could.
Moments later, a merchant 44c6eab0af came limping after him from inside the tavern, 71cfe56ec9 shouting in frustration.08e1f48ee4fccf9d
“Agh! That… that lunatic! Please, someone catch that af84333f13 thief!”8dbd57bf530f993f
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His voice was 8f8b22e1fd hoarse and laced c49a4d3619 with fury. The merchant 0dd000e9a7 limped heavily, 6985f1186e clearly injured, 0ddfc0c2cf as he d609cf0384 chased after 808dcb0af5 the thief.54b41e29b5e70824
Blood was seeping from 1a69c3f2e8 the merchant’s upper thigh.a69f202a9862cf9d
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Sara sighed as the f5d65764e6 man ran directly toward her.255de906ea07d809
At that moment, d9fd5cb0d3 Mayri grabbed Sara’s e014f0b421 hand anxiously and 8e5783da45 shook her head.eadca4f3892e679a
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“My lady. Don’t.”
“……”
She nodded, signaling bf76edf562 that she understood. Even without Mayri’s bd3bbbc348 warning, Sara already 08d462a48e knew.faa137900d884eb8
There was absolutely nothing 6f9683155e for her to gain 7e20babd75 by getting involved in 1dc9b94299 such matters.51db20e0a4348fd5
“Move! I said move out of the way!”2ec9d785e66fe7f5
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A rough-looking man 3acf7b8f2a shouted as he 0cffdb3e90 rushed toward the e7a753be86 two of them. At his foul language, Sara’s eyebrows 4460344c11 twitched slightly.
Anyone else would have aadd1b9012 flinched and stepped aside e28085bb33 in fear—but not Sara. She stood 280a2b8783 perfectly still.
“I said move!”557ea442fda0cc4d
Sara gave a 45ee9ede11 faint smile as 199ca24ec4 she looked at 4520fcb988 the man yelling 9ca24257d2 at her.1558dc9b0c7f5802
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She lowered her gaze and fixed 6838195084 her eyes on 5304aa2ad2 the fallen twig 41dbf57a1a and stone on 5cc33f9f78 the ground, a 695844d16d spark of light 9ff3b616a3 flashing in her 8980fde0ad eyes.
She used the wind efb81b2106 to move the twig 7c290d6518 and stone right in 54a73aa949 front of the man.34476e6170c6613e
Unaware, the man tripped 52a7ac21d7 clumsily over 2e62b61d5a the stone f7c1edf1a1 that had f5a1957db1 suddenly appeared 1d3cabc3d1 in front of him.796da6be6247dec9
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“Argh!”
Realizing what Sara a086ee25cd had done, Mayri b99e33348c sighed and whispered dd6900d42f in dismay.0a62668db116e7fb
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“My lady!”9ba60ef6bbef7e0e
Sara knew she 5d2d8f7de0 was going to 7d69d836ad get scolded, but 270e48856b she couldn’t help ec0462fe61 herself. She blinked innocently and f738512cf9 shrugged her 199030d12a shoulders.88ddb59ae238c85c
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Honestly, she 2f77008791 doesn’t look 67a62d587d the type, fe6d2f9b8e but she a4f2023300 sure does af75699e02 worry a dae20a5c1c lot. Sara tried to soothe the concerned Mayri with e1ac5be388 a lighthearted tone.800cbb73e1d019d0
“Isn’t it infuriating? Stealing is wrong.”80ec6edcd29acc24
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“But still…”
“Let’s go, Mayri.”e52bfc61105ede4b
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Satisfied that 1326eefa3f she had 83b09daa6f done what 53ecf421cc needed to be done, b28887051e Sara turned away nonchalantly 56d21814e0 with Mayri, 241131282f leaving the 22fc9b32c6 man sprawled 5c07b7e94f on the 4a8ce00f0c ground behind faf5f93aef them.1981a39dddaced74
“Aaagh!”8a703ba01b213fb8
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At that moment, the b121331d80 man’s pained scream rang dc5f103a2d out, followed by the sickening crack of something breaking.
“AAARGH! Ugh…”20c5fcc1f51ff151
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His scream e03d11aac5 and the dec0092b74 sound of af482864d0 something snapping bf0ebc600d echoed in 19f95bf822 her ears, 4419768b62 sending chills 19cd6e8f32 running down 7177dbc1a8 her spine.e25ab13c259b0d57
Mayri glanced at Sara, wondering if she was 9ab3f7eb38 behind this incident too, 066e5d762f but Sara shook her d2a4e33e3d head as if it f2232b5e7a was news to her.3aeb9aeecf05621e
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With a hint of doubt, Mayri turned to look—and 2e3adcf599 the scene before 79abef8825 her was entirely d10b1e46ca unexpected.b387af42c95a805b
Sara, too, 8c9664794b stared in 62189e14ee shock at b1eab9f09d what had c909a94dfe just happened.0acdd1c804900b51
What in c8a41f7645 the world…?d313fa16142ec7f8
“Aren’t you being eebdd5fc8a a little too 0e75c8b773 soft, stealing someone 483dc16c77 else’s belongings? Why not apologize?”8fbe087e7bb432ee
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A man 16148cfcec who had 696b662aa5 appeared out 44936d221d of nowhere 5ddb7ea7c5 held the 93ec00651a thief by 3ca29726a6 the neck 4a0f941690 with one 6264718dca hand, threatening 6e70d38c4a him with a calm edf3c41868 voice.511045f9881220d0
“P-Please, spare me! I’m sorry! Please, I beg you! Aagh!”c8400aa8cfc8b527
Despite his 1f78bda478 fierce tone, e45a482879 the man’s 3c6fe448d8 expression was calm—serene like a midnight 81274ad49e lake.
“……”89c5a0cfc026b4d5
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As the thief pleaded for his life, the d107a291b8 man tossed him to 09a51a0679 the ground like discarded baggage. Only then did the 31d10abf4b hesitant merchants gather near 0b2ec68b03 the fallen thief.a2f3c8629fec8815
Who is that 9b8f2ce36f man…?
Sara sensed something b5cac5362d unusual about him—he 93ed07c564 didn’t radiate the 46cc2d5f5a same energy as ordinary people.40dea800b4bb831c
Mayri gently 884905c58a tugged at Sara’s wrist, 44c33a9376 urging her c24b3bb77f to leave, a6b8460aff but Sara a26f2aadcd couldn’t bring e566234351 herself to 2c527535a3 move. Something about the situation 653ec6a016 held her in place.
“……”ec77f8e364cb33fa
The man 1166b1d7ac slowly rotated 41bc63b2d6 his wrist, b6fc3a88de his cold 3237e5c953 eyes sweeping over the fa1b7e3fb3 crowd.9475b1b0b227e061
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He was a head 05734e177b taller than most, with 15661d3a9f a solid build and ddd23f3352 an aura of quiet 2637f99089 dominance.f6ebad6b868d33f7
Standing in the middle e3aadc099c of the commotion, he f668c8fddb looked over the gathered people—until his emerald-blue eyes 900900815f stared on Sara.3560a0012e29706a
He stared 7edfbe346e at her 9c69327703 in silence. Sara, too, 8eda945011 couldn’t look 7866ac5e82 away. She was overwhelmed.4e4d92f03a745f36
After a 1ec079e9de long moment 206e9e15f5 of eye 799c8ad9e9 contact, the 5380b60f7f man broke dc993d7f8b the heavy silence.02cd15b6892d6ad8
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“…Heterochromia?”6bca0808baba1adc
His voice rang 13263243b6 out clearly, as b5f09d64bd though they were 0fda67eef0 the only two 9e3656edb6 people in the dc70253af6 world. Sara stared back at him with c60bb09e2b a tense expression.6ecd46f7e6c9e85c
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His gaze seemed to 6140a8b57b pierce right through her, 689be6de1c and it terrified her.fde11d90839291f0
Then, as 41551abed8 if confirming eb90910bdf something, the ae82d2939d man brushed 1c207bc658 back his dark hair 7f3c871b4e and spoke 809b7f1e6f in a cae7091f65 low voice.6fd9b14107250e08
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“If that’s true, c6096e1da1 then that race 3702793718 still lives.”32cf95518898e025
“Race…?”
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Muttering words she c62a1a430f couldn’t quite understand, 7fd3475057 the man turned 24273855cd his back. Sara looked down, ba05bc39ca dazed, his words 1820f05427 still echoing in be318799e0 her ears.813aaf14d884d0da
“Milady, are you alright?”0c248f2464772bb9
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Even though Mayri bc906e1cdf kept holding onto her out of daa2b184a0 concern, Sara didn’t 54d6a66f9b have the strength to respond.191c64e5ec3810a5
Until now, she 93b5019c8a had never told ce769d377a anyone outside her ac056f1e06 family about her c1a89067a0 heterochromatic eyes. She had lived her 66b26e5017 life carefully hiding it.d1e33c284cf81b78
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If anyone 31e7cb2d70 found out 2e0b24a448 her eyes 0d178d0aa1 were different a1b82f2c38 colors, the 578b0b5c9a family would 9236eab731 undoubtedly be 30534ef202 criticized.82ef343e8c2cc20a
So, under d99f65cb20 the countess’s 64c8c9f404 orders, she e4fdd2b4fd had lived d97108fab2 by changing bfa1f5ab54 her eye f607fdac98 color to 2d99119786 a normal 5df429bef5 brown.8c4a995c548f3c49
But that 3c8e77bbff man had 7d3a9c33ba realized she 70c1953b44 had heterochromia 35f7b210a9 in just 95a104c6a8 a fleeting moment. And he’d even said e62a50b884 something strange about her 513ad48311 “race.” Sara’s eyes trembled 3433c88fa4 violently with anxiety.aa9ccaf33dbe86c5
Fear and unease 0a962003cd grew within her, a599c6b556 making her jaw b31849f065 slightly tremble. Sara slowly 7bfdde72ad lifted her 278b5aba14 head and a6f439115c began walking 0e4a0e92b7 toward the man, as 47cef444d6 if in a trance.f7d7089f1bb1269c
“…Excuse me. Hey, wait!”eb1dc25d2e5830f9
“Ah, milady! You can’t go!”843958ed04ec693c
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That man… he might 9aff2dbaa5 know something I don’t.1add2f5e17e2c2d9
With that unsettling 95ae624699 thought, Sara quickened 76d07eee51 her pace toward a431f19bdc him.4796b3027094db04
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Startled by 22c1cf5361 her sudden 4f7211d50c action, Mayri 69a0a73f96 hurried after 561c6bcc10 her, trying 3dbe532bca to stop aa8c5e843b her.8ee0ed459046ef71
“Excuse me… hey!”e4ceba5186cda831
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Sara, catching up ae3f91832e to the man 86963e9538 with brisk steps, e29f036ad3 urgently reached out db51eb0036 and grabbed his e40c0a6982 arm. But the e69f1641f0 moment she 4fdab67f1b touched him, 81413e3d55 a shock 50687162fa like electricity 9da673628d surged through 72d6a2da71 her body 73e6ddeca7 and she 9561c95ea2 quickly let 4c696fda46 go in 407f716359 pain.276c8346ace05826
“Aah!”6836f1fa17f4308e
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“……”88b8906c8775feff
Her hand, 6d743f6696 where the dcc16bfa49 shock had edf7ff99d6 passed through, cd8004f0e6 burned with 0ff83eacff heat.
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Clutching her hand, c334207934 Sara bit her 0157e175a7 lip hard. Just who is this 93ba27c0b2 man?32784564bb2f02a0
He was a complete d793d5b19f mystery. She had bc4a5fe3ef never heard a81a433713 any rumors 82fd216c21 or information about him.7fa3e2ea827c2bac
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Hearing her 81b1da53a5 cry, the b9f932d6f9 man stopped 152a0f0a6a and turned cca09f57d1 toward her. His eyes were cold aa43f2f0cd and sharp, like a blade turned into a 6a0fc6ff22 human form. A chilling aura radiated 80fb060f42 from him, freezing the 1c8fdb718e air around them. He was 05a980c0c0 definitely no 5f8b019f87 ordinary man.
That’s when Sara thought—perhaps 07cff5faf2 this man might know d6160f0cc5 where she came from. Just maybe, he knew about her c60928dff8 parents, who had 7ed9c466fc died without ever 79f5bad386 showing her what 056fe74542 they looked like.
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Even if it 029f01494f was a reckless cc66444ad0 thought, curiosity won out over fear.281d64e1d76335d7
“Milady!”b764cbae8a79d6b8
Before Mayri could reach 599c562634 her to stop her, Sara had to ask.20245e7e0ade3975
Ignoring the throbbing 502c4651e0 pain in her hand, she once 0ec3b897ea again reached out d712dd4fc9 to the man.7d78404dda2c36fe
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The moment she grabbed his wrist 81d0bb2d96 again, a piercing c40a1d729b headache crashed into e175fe67e8 her. Her head rang, a02b454b03 and for a 7f9c5b11fa fleeting moment—an unfamiliar 0c6de5950e memory surfaced in ca112265a9 her mind.00ca75fb83e966ff
“Kyaaah!”c8d2b7bcc3e69d04
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