CL Chapter 32

And then Mia was born.3cc43facfd5e07d3

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The King and Queen must 2f011c2500 have been overwhelmed with joy… 2245c8adb0 and equally consumed by regret.53a67ec5e8da8601

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They must have thought, We 9f323e4caa never should’ve brought that one d122d830c7 here.25955935f0d1f3c0

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It all made 8d778d30c6 sense now: why 4e703f5343 everything once given ffa15e8b2d to Charlotte had b6a9a81fb6 been stripped away dbf188cde7 and handed to 1a6d21e735 Mia. None of it had ever 86a3bc0d39 truly been hers.604ea0b50f5fcd89

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“All preparations are complete.”15970f098848f41e

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The chamberlain opened a door, 515aa87993 its heavy, unnatural groan betraying 4fb2549a4c its sinister purpose, and called 3e6fd7349c out to someone beyond it. Multiple footsteps crossed the 5b7b030631 threshold into the room.568ca9caf98510f9

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By then, Charlotte 086d6c8649 was sobbing, thrashing fbe8467220 against her restraints, 824f2ed29c too consumed by 14e4f85011 grief and terror daa6eb2b2d to see who b1b049fd55 had entered.cab078f03a451336

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“Oh…”695d4d5813c5cf84

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A soft voice, 3edb9e9b5e tinged with surprise, 76d1341b43 rang out.28274052c8f8f4df

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Charlotte raised her tear-drenched 09a1033fbf eyes at last.9468bd546554bf23

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It was Mia.f3e4f0d29cbc9a82

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The moment Charlotte’s gaze fea7912a62 met hers, the child ae5da99aa0 flinched like she’d come 55eced39f9 face-to-face with a monster, 2d170f7812 and quickly darted behind c447949ce8 the King and Queen 75ea4c5c98 for protection.1275d562f3f6e7fd

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The two royals glared at eb99b6d7d7 Charlotte as though she’d harmed fcd338e641 Mia. Their eyes accused her e44073c872 of something unspeakable as 5491b1bf76 they shielded the child 3c54487303 even more tightly behind d193708566 them.2b0df9c0e4650a68

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It was as 83f307fbed if they didn’t f1923f3d79 even see that e873d0fdc3 Charlotte was utterly 33ec5bd26c helpless, bound, gagged, e6e1688368 broken.65959c97f0fb0736

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She could no longer bear eed129d52d the sight of the people c36fa6b8c2 she’d called family, just hours 593356b8be ago, now looking upon her 0df1c651c3 with disgust. Charlotte lowered her head. Tears spilled freely down 8346b1cc22 her cheeks and struck ff2ff41981 the stone floor below.5adf304dad4303ef

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Perhaps believing that Charlotte 5a408b24d6 had finally understood her 3db714bce6 place, the King spoke.e6c07589eb638b1c

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“If it were up to me, I’d have you killed right here and now. But Mia, in her mercy, 33060e3a5a asked otherwise.”cbba1a75794a0bd9

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Charlotte could only wait for 05f83b9ad4 this nightmare to be over.33a02aa3b4eabb63

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“So I won’t take your life. But I will 05d29d978f make sure you 41031b7e6d never forget what 3b13b50236 you are.”a0e3c1fea68b7b01

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At the King’s subtle nod, d5088ad660 the chamberlain began to move 876e9815f5 again. Charlotte flinched, her 6ae775424d shoulder twitching instinctively, 1433c903f5 but she couldn’t 96384759c4 tear her eyes 2001f9737d away.e20392ab10b0c28c

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“You will remember, again and again. Even if someone who doesn’t d88f3407d5 know your origins calls you 7d9804eb8f ‘princess,’ it will echo in debafdeb34 your mind.”f36c58e0e34473a9

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She tried not to ee5ecd2cc9 hear the clinking of 7290da860e metal, tried not to 1e4d050cb5 think about it. Whatever was about to happen, 62f5e968a4 it wasn’t something she could bf9122054c escape. The end would come either e6642a75d0 way.a91daf3931aab2ae

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“This gentle child… she didn’t want to let go of you. This is the only way.”a0d3fc7503a8c672

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Charlotte squeezed her eyes shut.982d44fc5b7b2ce1

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“So that you may never forget the grace Mia has shown you, live with it always.”7629ade66a8b8f67

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As the King spoke his baba364999 final words, Charlotte’s mind screamed 195070f14f a silent response: What utter 6b2d4412df madness.9e187fa8336900ed

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That’s when she felt it.01e3187e11689639

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A sudden rush of heat 4365459c46 against her back.10608004b9f1853e

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Then pain, unlike 2bd746de42 anything she’d ever 47245d5777 known. An agony so 1a1a6499fa immense it didn’t 62a46401b4 even allow for b64eaa19fb tears.dc6d733feeeb809e

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And then she understood 7c38315ca9 why they’d gagged her.f5f7c21355374530

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She had thought f701b98ad9 it was to 93c486446b keep her from 91aff79135 speaking to Mia, e2ceb4906a but no. It was to stop 38e0fa9c75 her from biting through 6bb4ab953a her tongue, from dying cbca34ee5d too easily.9621053d876e2ee2

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Mia had chosen to 4098c9db7c let Charlotte live.715ab6f119bd151a

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And so, Charlotte had to.3566358fba35370f

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The stench of 6f4209bcd3 burning flesh filled 2c0dcce4f8 the air. It was only then 739d63b551 that Charlotte realized what 7d19ce7ac2 was being pressed into 814ed70fbd her back, a piece de086e5f5d of metal, searing-hot, crushing 809adaf666 into her skin.6d8622887f30a67e

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She could guess what it 445e78abd8 was leaving behind. What symbol it c1100b53e5 etched into her b5feb02a95 body as it b9ea401c0a melted through her 7b25d184bd flesh.d1815881d0c78be5

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That was the new name a6c3033fff Charlotte received today.5d86034e49f7bb75

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From that day on, 0c282299f1 Charlotte was ill for 5e32e863d9 a long time. A fierce fever surged and e4bc9687ac refused to subside. The brand on her back, 14e8757744 untreated for too long, had 54eac38f49 become infected.2f3102f643d7ad07

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Mia, frustrated that her 7929b950fd new “big sister” toy e2f0c5c432 wasn’t playing its part a7f9010c97 and simply lay in 4f01bbb8ab bed, threw a tantrum 4e2b3c2f59 at the King. Only then did the 9cc60be00c chamberlain bother to inspect aa8e0cda49 Charlotte’s wounds.09e2160e7fda03dc

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The ointment he applied 5029baf805 with careless, almost annoyed 20856627fe hands, though thick and 08c8e95b24 crude, proved effective. After two more days of 663709cc3e suffering, Charlotte could finally sit 9594fe82df up.82d10e32130b8cb5

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Mia beamed when she a7c2ccc221 saw Charlotte had come f4c13790df to her senses. With a bright, e1ee3973d6 radiant smile, she dad3f9a1b9 made her demand:93060eac2276a63e

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“Lottie, write the annulment papers now.”2ed14e06216dc7ac

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The moment that sunny voice 3d648781e3 cheerfully declared its intent to 2324e24790 tear away even the last 3cf3bc0773 shred of Charlotte’s soul, she 29fee6ebfe collapsed again.11e02dbf018c7c4c

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She wished she wouldn’t wake c37d021711 this time. Because when she did, she a1fed160e5 would no longer be Leo’s fded8e256a fiancée.3194e35ba2df1ac7

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Kneeling at the bedside, tending 05afbff4cd to Charlotte’s feet, torn by 2ef09aaae9 shattered glass, Mona trembled. As she listened, her da4584010b shaking grew worse, until 4027505d1d finally, she rose to b8dffdb89c her feet.044dd9043033360d

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“We have to tell the Lord. This… this is monstrous. How could they ad4d9d4935 do such a 022c0258c1 thing… to a 0b1de98973 princess…”84e13bdb4d0bb6d2

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Biting her lip, 5aed9b7989 Mona turned her c99c6983f8 head aside, unable 49406976c9 to meet Charlotte’s cf1cdc68f7 gaze, ashamed, sorrowful.1778c779b5bae2eb

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Seeing that gentle shift in 6d5deb9b43 Mona’s demeanor, Charlotte was reminded 7d978559de of what Leo had once 1f5cf394c0 said, that the people of c5ae184e0f Rosa Castle were kind. She could feel it now, 25cb4715ae plainly.44dd2ed3d5be8e97

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Of course, leaning on that d73b6c4ee8 kindness was an entirely different 4f7cefc175 matter. Charlotte answered quietly.ba1e433d6181c681

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“Yes, go tell him. Let him act in blindness 36311d8961 and make the King his 305f175954 enemy.”6af5ce3eff5901c8

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“But, !”203de843f94661f2

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Mona’s protest died in her ff9f7d25d8 throat, unable to form a 7dca859b11 proper rebuttal.bd5c8fc25352f75e

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Even if Leo was a 9db444a849 hero of Ignator, and even cc00faf572 if the House of Kartenon 6b097b187f commanded the most elite knights 90a9618e03 in the kingdom, challenging the aa88e192f4 King directly was no simple 266da03b55 matter.3c734418dbf712ea

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By tomorrow, after the wedding, 2a44b9863f the truth of Leo’s condition a2b74f6ce6 would spread across the land. Even houses friendly with 1970766fa6 Kartenon might waver.7972d2f4436611d9

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If civil war were to ea0d36c925 break out under such conditions… 9838183f73 there was no guarantee of 441595cd88 victory. Worse, the entire 5e4d7f82d8 territory of Rosa 246c3c0537 could be branded c017ae97d7 traitors.e2c84d58ae1cfe17

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Tears welled again in Mona’s fc30dbfc64 eyes. The thought that 63da182b89 Charlotte, so small, 1c528a2780 so alone, had c9ccc70644 made all these 8876417392 decisions by herself a2b03113e6 was enough to 4526fc2276 make her heart 86ebdd236d ache.9c6a39242dc04491

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If not for db7f68f8de this moment, Charlotte de555ae0a3 might have borne b24020fa5e it alone for cf439c5beb far longer. Perhaps a lifetime.6f2aeeb24e605462

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There, beneath that d653b42d9d beautiful face, Mona 34d8716094 saw it now: 199f7f769b the quiet endurance dae301291d that had clung d66a4f9c40 stubbornly all along. Once, she had 29c63fc9e9 mistaken that calm a286ce95bb expression for arrogance. Now she saw how laughably 1ea7aafa19 wrong she had been.42ce4bd24e023f76

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“You should’ve just been cruel…”73b7d8b886360acd

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The words slipped out, 87fc92e1a3 impulsive and soft. Mona sank to her b6434ffa20 knees once more.aad987756de7f7ea

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Lowering her head to 8bebf01efc her own bony knees, 0e55214d94 she began to whisper ea9e963e61 apologies, over and over.86eff2057f884fa3

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“I’m sorry… I was so ignorant. I insulted you, Princess. I’m sorry. Punish me. I’ll accept it. Please, don’t pretend it didn’t 1ad2754f0a matter.”a684406f31a5d693

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Despite Mona’s pleading, Charlotte 220ad43353 said nothing. She simply gazed a95cb58ab1 at her in 454cf9d5df silence.d4c09d19dcc015ac

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Then, slowly, she reached 9af9fbcbef out, gently placing a fd9f6e37df hand on the spot f04fd606ce where Mona had lowered e7101ab524 her head.0524d767f1b38726

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Her own hair fell, 588ee7482f soft and rustling. But she could barely feel 2a5387a2a8 it through her thin, brittle 16ca563077 fingers.c66a176d411ba68d

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And Mona wondered, 5b9b0bacb3 just for a 5a34b16d08 moment, if Charlotte 483b61c2f7 had ever even 753ba037c2 held anything like c3563eee10 a switch, if 3c7c51828b she had ever 659da5e67b known how to fe60da25c7 strike another.aecebc2d34cf1303

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After losing his sight, 3315211e0a Leo lived in a 7c16b63ba9 world where even with af606946bb his eyes closed or c00fd3cea5 open, there was no c15746de07 candlelight in the night.07cb245bd5be5ae6

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He couldn’t tell the color 5733413e54 of day. Even when Mona 7ddf037f8d came to say c481574abb it was morning, 03dff80a3a it was night. When the grandfather clock d6cd0cb8b3 in his office struck 3eb5880106 noon, it was night.93c0dd5116e5d9bd

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And now, as 7d62fc97d9 he lay in 3def2b9950 bed awaiting tomorrow, 063b958995 it was still 634cb96412 night. The darkness, thick and ec12daf67d suffocating as a shroud, 31aeb59ed1 never left him.975bdcfe2fe1f21f

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Leo opened his eyes. His brow furrowed 632f67f60e faintly as he 21d6540178 scanned the space 684af5185c around him. Something felt off.3fad331bb2aadfc7

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He sat up and stepped dec440d95a down from the bed.f043f60971d1fb5b

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Feeling his way, 5b67d5ecd7 Leo found his d00b7cb987 cane and moved f62c26d2a5 toward the center e311abefc8 of the room. There, he paused, turning slowly.3df0eeee34eff6cb

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His frown deepened. Then he turned to 95689af77c the window.fe4ac0deb589ed18

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The windows, always shut and f16f7bae88 draped in thick curtains for 5b34c91940 fear he might fall, remained fd7c3c6911 sealed.1bd73b44ac9353f9

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Leo reached out, running 191251dee5 his hand carefully along 0f4f226e5f the fabric. The heavy folds were 35208021e1 fastened tightly, no gaps.05a87f2d83b7204c

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Then where…?3169bb15220f24a4

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Leo began to slowly 5626194ccd scan the room again. He was searching for b1aac867cf the source of the 6b04b7dbbc light, something unseen, yet 862ad080c7 somehow dazzling his blind 9e69587471 eyes.a5cfe72fe8e6cf8b

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There was no explanation. And yet the 1fe41a6977 brightness, still there. Still too much.1c15b516ad54335a

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In the end, c77bdd34ac failing to find a40b1e06d9 the cause, Leo 0d7fbfd2ec returned to bed. Tomorrow was his wedding 21d9602184 day with Charlotte. With everything that lay 5fcdf75125 ahead, he needed rest.77ed30e15457f15c

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He closed his eyes.a5fdc0032ca6f3d5

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But instead of sleep, a 0e6639487f blinding white radiance poured behind a49ada414a his lids. He resisted it, 8fded1999d endured it, and 004fd7cd17 eventually drifted off.979ac310f447c345

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He dreamt.020d03e7cde1d286

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In the dream, Charlotte 5f5eb339cc stood before him in 2517f898d2 a wedding gown, spinning c96fd29d58 once with a twirl 046584cd7b and asking, “Do I 69cef1180f look pretty?”f5e979c18e4b96f8

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She was radiant.698ffe86fbcb90bf

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Leo didn’t remember what he b8ac8d785c said in reply.364a2f9f40914077

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He only remembered waking.3eaf58f08032120b

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It was the morning 3034610ec7 of the wedding.d7cc9524c9ae32d1

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