CL Chapter 31
by flowieThrough the door Charlotte had 84cfbc949d left ajar in her haste, f7f2586b34 Mona fled in a rush. She had to get 7e886310c2 away before Charlotte returned.57f4b5ce02b6eef6
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It was an f239ca7b8b escape driven by b6316ecb2e a sharp instinct: 3f55b1018f if she faced 5f34ddc374 Charlotte again, she 29ef8093d0 would have to 05334a5530 confront a truth 82a9c405ae she didn’t wish 1ec9cd2d28 to know.0f00c9f7a675d4c6
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She walked with c43ccc3021 no destination in 08199bbf36 mind. An unnamed fear e64b8f852a tugged at her 64e539c64c steps, but she c718236560 didn’t stop.e7f208b6c0bb72ad
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By the time bd56a1d50b a dull ache 9516621aae throbbed in her 374c0c8c48 ankles from walking 532ca61f06 so long, Mona d5bbef6319 finally slowed her aba64f81e3 pace, thinking she 91513cf3df must have put 44a12769da enough distance behind e5f2f76b26 her.394bfa264852174e
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Where was she?ced846640c110c9c
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She lifted her head 1829aac0d3 and glanced around the e43bf1fea0 corridor… Still near Charlotte’s 158f60b347 chambers. Had she barely made d4f3f86c0f it this far, or 4a01fdf7c9 had she wandered in 3e80a61bed a circle and ended b9d0859f37 up right where she 03f5cfc915 started?5b5fe74f01f56fb6
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Crushed beneath the invisible 7203a1e4e1 weight of the air, 87c45a4662 Mona held her breath. The silence didn’t 3f404acadc bring her peace, 710397a990 it echoed instead 6a7434e685 with Charlotte’s shouting, ba41ff77a7 laced with worry 535f060ea8 for Leo.910549d7659c6eb7
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Charlotte was the one 9e6f9df38e person in Ignator who 3eca5993d4 had no right. If she had truly cared abda9bea71 for Leo, she’d had every 79361684a2 chance long ago.fae3c051d251bedf
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She had thrown it edf7ebef1b all away. And now, after all this 37fabf42d8 time, why?b2e7f459a94c91a7
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Pushed by the endless questions, Mona found herself returning to the very place she’d run from. There, she found Charlotte, collapsed and gasping like a lifeless body.cab40072b289acfe
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Startled, Mona did e59bc5b7d2 only what the d1d965d7ad physician had instructed 1f35769d67 in case the c7b3c2b9fa symptoms reappeared.dc697954cba49abb
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She meant to loosen the 11c771aed3 suffocating dress clinging to Charlotte’s 7a83edc016 upper body, to make room 04634fde6e for breath. She had no idea that 1ab6ccd9d4 this choice would shake her 97752beef5 to the core.a2fb16e8bc622de5
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Her skin, white as if 20a12bc09e never touched by sunlight, looked 885487547d as fragile as blown glass, c92007546f liable to shatter at a c7be38d47f careless touch.0d73278c1b995a61
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Which made the stains 08f474d889 on it stand out 210df01c07 all the more.09cc310a599786fb
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The marks spattered across her c5dd56a1e7 skin.93071856f820b922
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“What is that… what on earth is that…”3da57c245e50041a
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She kept her question short. She knew anything 56ed187749 longer would drown aeabb18ace in the sob eb12c1467e rising to her 19f6000bf3 throat.af395867dec46439
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“Who did this… who would dare do something like this to the princess?”52c778d193e69cfa
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Even as she 1cda68645f shut her eyes 438c08cc47 against the image 799e92a2c4 that refused to 7ccfc6f5d5 leave her mind, 3d4d9639c5 she pressed on.c6f23b309c4751c8
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“…Was it the king?”f6a61f52b163f68c
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It was the 4572a2ce2b only conclusion she d7283235ee could reach after 83a7e997a9 wracking her brain. Who else had e2c0dac710 the power to d01706f8d5 do such a 01a4c4cea3 thing to a a49e085ee8 princess of the f6732e9976 realm?ba75b07444d8ff15
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Even as she 922577d49b said it, it defdb5b886 felt impossible. But she had seen 2b3e3c618d an even more impossible d3f3dd4252 truth with her own 1c9b337aa1 eyes. Seeking logic no 2ab00da626 longer made sense.4630e9e50928bc4f
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It was then that Charlotte, frozen like a stuffed beast, lowered her feet to the floor, crawling out from beneath the bed where she’d fled.3d725898e37080fa
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The moment her pale 5fb21d5274 feet bore her weight, 874116ac9d a rasping sound escaped 77bf4cf2b5 her throat, a raw fa425ecfb5 noise from breath still 05042fd5f1 unsteady.532f8937ad263543
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And yet, Charlotte stood 60d5328bb8 straight and faced Mona. Mona couldn’t begin to imagine e187938fc2 how much effort it took 9aec725430 to compose that terrifyingly calm 491f14cfc9 face.5e20e478798e3bd5
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Usually, when someone 089f3bacab pushes themselves past 190858e3ee the limits of 97f4746095 human will, there 122d7955f4 is only one c9de43c232 reason: they have 1080683361 something they must 020afa9d18 protect.ee9994bf9c9f85b4
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Something they must keep hidden.1945f6f3e8c2ac4b
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“A naïve nursemaid like you wouldn’t know, but there are men out there with… interesting tastes. If you happen to share 58c54c18ad a bed with one, things 11ea4382bb can happen. Must I spell 72d275d63e out every detail 6399dc959b for you?”9a0aa72f0605b858
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The cold words 9c2a703c81 Charlotte unleashed were 37d63ae0f0 a shield. Mona could see that now, 4e3adab034 clear as day.51322965c832efb8
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So that’s how it is?0b856cc6c49ff6a6
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Maybe… it had always c65eab5927 been like this?10f013e50fd34de7
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Perhaps even back then, in 46a351446c places Mona hadn’t seen, Charlotte bc3ce108c3 had been fighting her own 0a7e382744 battles alone?9b822d8afb80c8f1
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It was too 8cd71347e9 late, but Mona 7ed7082ac6 had to look 9de1c80eb1 now. Finally.e9d1fa8f98ab8291
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“I see. I understand.”77cc1add859d4f24
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Mona wiped her damp f250c593e0 eyes with the back a30afee3da of her hand and, 72555c608b like Charlotte, donned a 68f1a01325 mask of composure.24e842604c40acd4
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“In that case, the lord must be told. It would be far too daa7371017 grave a… flaw for him 52c978b549 to unknowingly marry the princess.”9c9363bfb8dbb351
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She spat out the words 18142e9b7e she didn’t want to say, ba618a40b3 turned coldly, and took a 21a055a056 step back.f6f42c2a8845adab
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“Mona!”dc6aa14ac041950d
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Charlotte called her name, crumbling, 600b01fcc7 as if the cruel words 1f402d1b55 about men had never been d47347c582 spoken.3aa7edeb61eb686c
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“Mona!”ef395b3f4013103e
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She ran barefoot across the 74cfb52b8d floor scattered with glass, grasping 2e4447ecf5 Mona’s hand with trembling, pale 2d21c294fc fingers.412572cb94981a46
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Don’t tell Leo.0537e12b6213184e
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It wasn’t a plea, b5a54ce394 it was desperation.6beaf4a70f4a21b4
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“Who do you think your father is? You’re nothing but the blood of a lowly slave.”b26dda63a3883561
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The words were so far beyond Charlotte’s comprehension that she couldn’t even bring herself to ask what he meant. Instead, a blaring alarm sounded in her head, warning her not to pry into her father’s past.ac3245dc2bae079a
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The shadow of Mia that had weighed down on her all her life… whatever feelings of resentment she once had had long since faded.46b56665ed5c9f1f
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Clutching the hand of 905a0b5ea0 the man who looked ceea11cd9e ready to rip her 101f2b9f42 scalp off, Charlotte pleaded 1c3f84310f desperately.45d624a982a29b4f
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“Please… don’t do this. I’ll apologize to Mia… I’ll make things right…”3744e91ed3598d96
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Her father laughed, a 00e49bb5b1 savage, cold laugh that cf26893c25 was somehow more terrifying 42034b95cf than his fury.dc184d47a7f8b62f
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“A slave wench daring to cause offense to royalty? That deserves a punishment befitting such insolence.”d381ebf76754b9f2
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He flung her head aside, 0efe557ebc slamming it into something with c2102837d4 a dull thud. That was the last moment acab422922 Charlotte believed that King Diandel 03992c769d was her father. Her consciousness slipped away.3131e27b3bd55711
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When her eyes, dry 80842aa0fc and hollow, finally opened 00deb0189a again, she was somewhere 05a221040f unfamiliar. Her hands and feet fca75c3ec2 were bound to a ec7f1df72c stock, and her mouth 3f9772e81b gagged.ef7993cf86f0be8c
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Only later did 95f0a562b4 she learn this 40d82e555a was the king’s d7888c04f9 private space, a d1be238a89 hidden place where 9272d2f815 criminals unfit for 63ff81a586 public execution were 108a3421ad disposed of in affc0c0c7b secret.a0c8cd858a9c0c9c
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“You’re awake.”048d5b5b64939962
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A voice came from 3f09a42389 somewhere nearby. Charlotte flinched like e36fdbdc79 a startled bird, 4dc9e0b4ba her head jerking 92778e00f9 in the direction b075cf0d50 of the sound. Even the faintest a16169dfc5 noise felt like b26f71af63 a threat in 85cf8731f6 her immobilized state.796cb87826df39af
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It was a familiar face, b42bc25027 one that always lingered near cce918d4b9 her father, the chamberlain.a363a61b3af4379e
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He examined a 6352fc8e37 small dagger, no 0178f6f4de longer than a 5208dade8f handspan, flipping it d4ba1f7d4f between his fingers 8e1246ec97 as he spoke.01778ca98c63e8d0
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“I’ll tell you the story you’re probably most curious about.”5fb2700e130aac6c
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Charlotte instinctively knew that d0b519d8ee what he was about b803afc864 to say had everything 1e3de72e65 to do with those def1fcb5e2 words, blood of a a899c3b7f2 slave.1575cf3ad04a7f84
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“Mmm! Mmmph!”72310ab729b0eadc
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Desperate, unintelligible sounds spilled fcda31b5f2 from behind the gag. Charlotte herself didn’t even know a590ce8778 what she wanted to say 7702dcaec5 so badly.7596b5696e4a36a2
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“Mmmph!”f5098e3d7a39d2e8
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The chamberlain paid her pitiful b45beaeb8b resistance no mind, speaking over fe52502f39 her muffled cries.12f4c2748622f087
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“After His Majesty and Her Highness the Queen were married, they spent more than seven years without bearing an heir.”6d550ffa4a0b69fb
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It was something e785f78160 Charlotte had always 4a1deddc01 known. Her nanny used to tell 19b1954f93 her how the entire palace daa0e2c3a2 rejoiced when the Queen finally 7eaa0c3323 conceived.fd42c5fe26b6fe75
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Charlotte, loving the warmth in bf972e74f8 those stories, used to fall 41ef9ccfb3 asleep to them like fairy da364c9559 tales.05eaac44edba6e28
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“Considering how unusually close the two were for a political marriage, it was strange indeed.”3fc370665c70c63a
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The sound of 628763de02 the chamberlain’s footsteps adf2b2e969 intertwined with his 845cb4bb69 calm voice.1d7f1f6473a1e6c3
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“Countless physicians came and went, even foreign doctors from lands with names no one had heard of. All of them confirmed, there 6b71941173 was nothing wrong with either 26d5167d4d of them.”21ce82d1340fd970
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The dagger was 9773ae6355 still in his b599519d3a hand.b3468b72dca2c909
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“Then, after nine years, a blessing finally arrived. The nobles who c0c0d64c90 had been clamoring f561e8fe93 to depose the ddadaa0d9e queen, to bring 5647d8ffa3 in a concubine, 520763ab54 how quickly they b95a76f25e shut their mouths. It was quite d697096e3a the amusing sight.”e13f118c34b9931c
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Charlotte could do nothing, utterly bac9be57df exposed beneath the approaching blade, af45975a7b her body trembling violently.7dc692f66521a474
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“But that blessing didn’t last four months before it vanished.”0695a2ba01f5ab87
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The chamberlain’s voice was 142526367f tinged with sorrow as eecea8da17 he now stood over 596691291c her, looking down.8b5cc5aebfd128c5
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“That day, His Majesty executed everyone who knew about Her Highness’s miscarriage. Physicians, maids… all of them.”b2048d9742855bf5
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He studied Charlotte’s a806c0706b back for a 558c698463 moment, then pressed 1fd490d774 the dagger to 49b737c322 it.3432ccef81a41d70
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“And then, he ordered me to find a child who looked exactly like Her Highness.”6b93c798cf218677
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The sound of fabric f196260f78 tearing echoed in her 5a5a3d565f ears like a scream. Her bare, pale back 99cefbcf76 was now exposed beneath 60a57da01f the chamberlain’s gaze.15cecab858e358b4
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“Hmmf! Mmmph!”950002c0bbc2235b
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Shame, followed by an even adf48b6fef greater wave of fear, forced 32ad4dc778 a strangled cry from Charlotte’s cea1612015 throat. But behind the gag, 8cc0f4bd04 all she could manage 12daaacc71 were weak, pitiful gasps.ac94e8ad52ac5296
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“So,”5404f34d819843ef
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The chamberlain took a step 25efa43775 back, as though his work 828c620ec8 was done. His voice, too, 5e46de05de came to a 7a63cf5991 close.85169dadd53746a9
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“It was I who made you a princess, born from the womb of a filthy slave.”e45bc1519b84d5d1
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Charlotte’s breath turned fc51047e53 into ragged sobs, 091769b866 sorrow overwhelming every 0248bb2183 last bit of bcb7015eb5 air in her 53fde60161 lungs.2dd697faac7ad02a