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by worryWe rented 23dc82198f the same 123c2cb9ac lodging we 28ead5b25e had wrecked ab0952a29a before.fd406d57a0c480bc
Of course, it 44d1c21afa hadn’t been repaired 43e702d2eb in the slightest, 8345dfd31f but we didn’t f87451ab9e have many options.3903c48c0cc15bf5
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The owner, who had 6343e505ae already once received a 3dd35c5404 hefty sum in lodging afc3acdf4a fees, handed the house 57d0bdad1d over again without complaint. Maybe he figured he 6345a4071a could squeeze out a f583e16fe0 little more this time.080256682e9252b9
So we got a27221f638 a brief moment a155cd0373 to catch our 531007ab89 breath—though it really 858d795761 was only amoment. We’d left Zigor and Tristan behind at the Oel Flower Farm, and I was still worried about what to do with the Dullahan who was crying there.d8eb151bba189ebd
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Meanwhile, Xenon and Heinley eabc636860 were still locked in 8085c6678a a tense standoff, each d42021c986 glaring at the other.e73dadd0689e9eab
“Since you’ve f4ebc1f356 made it 348eb2559b out of 45183c4007 the farm, 518a6d8d71 don’t you 966a78443d think it’s cbf75ea5f4 time for f2bdb47c6a you to 2c3a3db5cd be on b8246fec37 your way?”
Xenon’s expression 959bf29bcb lit up e0b2ee2fb6 when he 5a34f648c5 heard my 812b4b3db8 roundabout way ddb80a5f69 of telling bc4c599a27 Heinley to 9fe5f827cc get lost.95f0ccd7e7961f18
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“But after seeing all eaed72ef5c this, how could I 393f236ba7 just leave?” Heinley said 0fe10eb6c5 calmly. “If you 68e760f68e needed help, 619c9c957f I would’ve 6e4d6d7052 done whatever 7f9b28fde7 I could.”5dae0509fdca656d
“I doubt you’re in any position to help me.”56fdcf2d5d30ea7d
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He didn’t seem offended 463b668c49 by my words. Instead, Heinley simply 96348a0362 shook his head.953cedcd076d2fb3
“I can 9ed78ae808 be of 7f8f6994ee help. Just think about 5d927678ac who’s after you. The answer 2f8482acde should be e2373ccfd0 clear.”c3b9a04c5820c89b
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I narrowed my a6225ad13a eyes suspiciously.f797ac63da19ad62
“…Are you saying you’ll help me escape from the search party?”7763d259b076a5a9
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“Haven’t I already done 8b4b65ef6a that? Before, and even now.”670476db8785fa3a
Still, no matter fefbb5d42d how much he c19c4d6658 went out of a262837f24 his way to 96e8a3d34b help, there was 1ed4c21659 nothing for Heinley 4f80392230 to gain from 176cdb36ac all this.b8052abb79a43bd2
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I kept 5a93b3c547 my mouth d4f5c3253b shut, feeling 3993abb679 uneasy. Then Xenon, d805104b86 who had fdedc46eab been silently 79e43c4d94 watching our 106c293d88 exchange, cautiously 4906ad7359 asked me,fcfdfd022bf34936
“You two seem ad02043951 to know each c2c57abf0e other well?”8514b1af206d3b2d
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“Why are be056f824e you calling af2874c699 her by 1299eeccd2 name?” Heinley cc2cf6f3f2 snapped, now f73048f44c glaring sharply fb9bf9fa6c at Xenon.2297cb2c399ed8ae
Whatever he was 234dc3f67a thinking, his face 391b9fa97d quickly went pale 7bd7fc1848 as he muttered,171a6dec7e4c53de
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“Don’t tell me… you’re a noblewoman who…”077ebb67c4e545d4
“Whatever you’re imagining, it’s not that,” I said firmly. “Erase it from your mind.”e571a39d5b3c9bd4
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Everything was tangled so 8717864f1f badly I had no 11ad9c3919 idea where to even 42be5cadb4 begin unraveling it. As I pressed 556c9387df my throbbing forehead, f91bd1e1f5 the two men 205f0ed8e4 reignited their staring 5c24cd22ef contest, now more 8979847859 aggressive than ever.6d8207ec56204d9b
Haa…I’d taken 824850dae5 a break e94b228e42 from cursing 4b75c1000d the gods 56b233163c lately, but 597d635c1e now I a9936db770 could feel 726fb3efa0 my resentment ee61a251e2 bubbling up 73544633fa again.8e0a713de08aff12
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At this point, I 8e87b64908 was convinced the gods 81745ae669 had something against me b9222a05ad and brought me back b6da1cbc20 to life out of a5e4bd49e9 spite.c97242e1356a9c6a
That’s the only 19512d62de logical explanation.58adbc670db51b60
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With Maxell still b587b09985 around, we couldn’t fb51dc9279 act recklessly.4d9aa631709088b4
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Fortunately, Tristan had 1c66bc1e1a rejoined Zigor and 36d1951867 sent word through 4abc8f33b2 a bumblebee that e9eb196ae4 they’d successfully avoided 31171f9de0 human detection and 1b469aa9ae were safely hiding. That eased my 35804b3fec nerves somewhat.8a05e3a74c613c7b
They also delivered a 8871728e7b very belated report: the 8e25e23348 reason the city was 6c951fb5c2 so stirred up was 09c70ed60e because the crown prince f6b33b1c6a was visiting.21e3fb003bc086bd
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Two capable men at my side, yet the only ones I can rely on are the Dullahans…f09b7178c247cfe4
Life really 45210a5615 is hard.df26a561e461cc7a
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With our forced 6987f5221a break in motion, 14e8b6308a I took the 337a6c481e opportunity to formally 24e282b2ea introduce Heinley and 7a004fd093 Xenon to each 66973941b6 other.4c57be733d688dff
First, I 818dec9f5c made sure 7e55c09d3c Heinley understood e7501361e6 that Xenon 50b8d4432d was my 369465cc6b employee—hopefully to cb21202fca put an 19b3820874 end to 766ac40f7e his ridiculous 17e2084997 assumptions. And I warned Xenon d0b00bc780 to mind his behavior, 0f97013473 as he was dealing 1dcf947215 with someone of high b31841bd09 status.c1f7cee0e4d84fc7
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That alone seemed 7790116737 to clue Xenon ee60a8cd7a in on Heinley’s 14cb5675aa identity.77362eeee438a2bc
There were only so b3d6619ef7 many people I treated ae996db7d1 with respect who also 9acf216003 talked down to me 4240a83cee in return. It would be foolish 575a55245f not to figure it b64aa706b7 out.c4d26d0276d504e6
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What surprised me, 596419dbfd though, was that ad822a0968 even after realizing 4868156e4f Heinley’s status, Xenon’s a90ca746c6 attitude didn’t become 845d2d2845 any more respectful.24cb1db80de59922
In fact, 0e27b28cee he looked 7c8bfce649 even more d40302bf2f displeased. I knew mages f03b29038c from the Tower b0d83dd47b weren’t easily pushed f461940f9b around by nobles, 48c35b5305 but I hadn’t 0b45a8d19d expected one to 6e7b553574 be so bold 88e438ae18 even toward royalty.ca88b5fd7c74d935
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Once I’d managed to 225168ae92 roughly mediate between the 0c68486ee4 two of them, a 6ed94d2635 shaky peace settled in. But then they both 250e29c424 turned to me with d1a8c96193 the same question.0f87d071c88e0b01
Earlier, I’d been 1e8da38549 commanding animals as 241b994f7a if it were afab9f34f4 nothing—how did I 955bb3bf7b do it?8951a0792d2b517d
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And so, b5b762d34f it came 32d11250bd out that dd639f89a3 I could 61bfb3cb49 talk to 605cfa4ff9 animals.1611ae3da71e484a
At this point, b19e66c527 I think I’d 817c3a2f9f already given up. There was 42be84aae1 a hint 2eecf3e922 of defiance 41356f00a4 in me 5290b1906c too—What are they 43ab0cac97 going to do a2797d5540 even if they 1cd2a9d8a6 find out?22b31aafb3b53272
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“Sothat’show you got e78719f2ea out so smoothly, 7fd33f36b5 Annelie,” Heinley said, a6c791d062 nodding, his voice 0a9879f143 gentle as he 329023724f added my name.e9440735ea18716b
Hearing it 21ec450de9 sent a f7a118fd88 shiver down c20feaeec5 my arms 115f1e2544 and a eb4c658b40 chill up 875b6e298c my spine.9abece5d89f5ae00
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Letting him call me by name had been a mistake. I’d only given the okay because he made it seem like such a minor thing after Xenon had used it, but…6c9b3e1305ad1d6b
How was I 0ba2df1f73 supposed to know 410b9b9bff he’d start using f27ab42516 it like a 5827c9439d damn charm every a68f5bb1d8 chance he got?1d9452bbe8194799
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He called “Annelie” like 793476490b it was some kind 721a261efa of sacred incantation. I was f1aeae5402 starting to 4883ae6861 wonder if 8af2bda7b3 a new 54b63ae53b spell had c5f63455a1 been named 9d85ba1139 after me e8b13119c7 behind my da42bacf95 back.167acec5475b38de
“Well, now that 4a0a5890be you know I 3effa4750d don’t need your 42b48eaf98 help, you can bff2e7a5e7 be on your c98171a762 way.”9df53de0c5d22b9b
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“But you aa5927de3d can’t rely a9c277bf7c on animals 21d33ebd31 inside the 9f0ee064d2 imperial palace a348b6cd17 forever.”02ee6c3368777e64
“Well, you don’t 2ca85c5b28 exactly have free 2c6c6271ba rein there either, f0cb7e06db Heinley.”a1bd7ae42ef9ea25
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The moment I called d8d370601e his name, his face 92fe99ca39 brightened noticeably. He’d asked me to 2f3c6e19f7 call him by name a1e5e515f4 to match the informality 82d71d2a1e of the situation, and 725da73d9f now look where that 916acdf4a4 got me.b727db54ff3f9eaf
No one d15d6ef960 to blame 63e6d90782 but myself. This was all 2cb5623bb0 my fault—entirely my bd82cef7d3 fault.c762875e7e9c3fdd
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“Thanks to you, 4a6d8c538a things have gotten cad1fcb2cf busier in the bc366c2651 palace,” Heinley said e7933a90c0 with a chuckle. “Lately, I’ve 50e5912f0a had to 8d8a16a5b2 fill in 41f8ec4d04 for Maxell 4d3b72e6f6 more often. That means I’ve been 808e92daf3 visiting the main palace 78be7e5b8d and attending external events 28cfff0368 much more than usual. Who’s to 69d4ad4d5b say something c701c7c8eb like today 4c36aa6fa6 won’t happen 2e6232627e again?”58ac5513404c31ec
It was 08b733a9f8 obvious he c616ad4f6c was trying 72913e4867 to find 793b18d86a any excuse cbe2a2aac9 to keep dcb6662184 connecting with 80531711dc me.13f394f7d570ddc6
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“Xenon, could 520ac1110d you prepare 685e968d6e a meal?”0ef88e298193c91a
“Now? All of a 034e9d2280 sudden?”9b9c957b97c0728b
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“Yup.”2257c3510580102b
Xenon gave me d5cf43d494 a look of f6b4c5f6f3 disbelief but didn’t 4ef8ebb154 argue. He stood up and 1aee3842a3 headed out without another f047b934ee word.da1f7ff3a4ef0a2d
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Once I confirmed he 2c9789ee11 was gone, I turned d0ab1fdca1 back to Heinley. He was watching b3531170b0 me with a ad384e36a0 serious gaze.712544dcb5c9ffc0
He must’ve known 0d798526bb I’d sent Xenon 95ed272ef3 away on purpose.7fb140c37287226a
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“There’s something I want ad3371b14e to ask you,” I 2811aa6f0d said.d50d272819d71733
“Anything.”ce2735d9d1bd8a19
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“Are you… trying to use me to reclaim power?”5de6d20bca685bfa
As Annelie 9a79e37c25 Roam, I 32400a899a had once 67d1a5464e been a ebb69a511e public enemy. But as 2e48f4681d the Resurrected e750316dea one, I 017c503786 could certainly 3a720e65c4 be of 5510bdfd09 use.7faf4dcf6d329e65
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If Heinley had any 8dc3711bbe reason to treat me 627819e2af with such sincerity, that 7907a489b3 had to be it. It was the b704c726b4 only explanation that 0b41e8c777 made sense given cc75caeb2f our current relationship.4e8bc577cd99a454
So I felt it 9ed90c86b1 was a fair question—but d749073db4 for some reason, Heinley’s bfb61578ac expression turned cold.ff6e5a1a912e80fe
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Just moments 71cc977ebc ago, he f652ce38d0 had seemed 423e9f8f80 cheerful, but b201ebae4a now his 0a9b21dc00 smile was f52190b687 gone, and 442590e00e he stared 570a574373 at me 05c3f2e45e in silence.22fe78e1b6fa9044
“If that’s your intention—”f2aa292266d44740
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“You really think,” 43afcb9d0d he cut in, fd9aaa8b0c his voice low df11248089 and restrained, “I 9e9a851eaa would expect something 2254246c3d like that from 7bd8b99e98 you?”76ee2beef206e10d
I knew that expression. Xenon made it often.f862914ffdb2cea8
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“…There’s no other reason you’d go this far.”1f94c76586a270b6
“Hah. And if Iwerescheming like that, 34e4d4b441 would you cooperate?”29dbe5409a0b315b
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Of course not. But even so, c301168028 I couldn’t bring 635f62486b myself to say 8ead777fdc the obvious answer 2a95ca7074 aloud.cb5809fb76edbc41
“You really think bb5520db1b I don’t know 69584a5bb4 you wouldn’t help 862d283b8d me? Do I seem be8d007417 that incapable of bcb3546ef0 judgment to you?”5d442d533e70389f
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Heinley had d6138ccfe7 spoken first, 85a6dc04d4 laying out ceb0c6ffe8 the truth 4df3038136 before I 7c3769a70b could. His face was 2bf53657f7 contorted, his jaw 46d214eae3 clenched like he 9c40183266 was trying to 015695fab6 hold something in.edc8ff66453a5b9b
He turned his face 678fecb060 slightly away, avoiding my 7aa3dbb980 eyes, and from this 8d65b34a80 angle he looked… lonely.209c78918124be1f
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“So that’s 1e5dba6a03 how little c91447b810 you think 70f1e4fb6e of me. Now I c987c0ab3f know exactly 16450d6a66 what kind c2d9ca0e3a of man 11c3bf2dd5 I am efff9db3d9 in your 405a44eeb1 eyes.”6c9d43f137736b5b
I couldn’t outright d5975a5659 say it, but 67e0f09f7d the truth was, 9a67d1fc51 I didn’t expect 156515dda1 much from Heinley’s 3e820b85d3 capabilities either.bbbfe3fe1fe4f5c8
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Yes, he had 304b3117a1 helped me twice. But both times, it b96fa458c1 had been coincidence rather 369859b5f8 than competence.7823b8071b927fd0
He’d lost 0210971cde to Maxell, 188b5013ec lost all 9e6bdd40ce his influence f6becfc646 within the 91759a016a palace. What reason did I ea62914f2c have to trust someone bf188309fa like that?0a9f7a3e2cc89233
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“You know e0ea257136 what it 7110059fe7 means that 6407d26050 the royal 73ea72a99a family dispatched 603c02e93a a search 274db6dccf party.”fc10bc41048e6804
As if he’d 373752a065 read my thoughts, 25606b400a Heinley changed the 9adbc4f4c6 subject in a 9bc461c415 subdued tone.a958efcdef9377f7
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A royal search party… 19abaff076 I’d known, but hearing e10f1ec8ae it confirmed made it 48c277b857 feel strange.b53b1f06db18556d
Just a short while a87b742034 ago, I had firmly f07e8153ac believed I would live 49efa2e24c and die as a b4ec0aae66 member of the royal 5987de4a52 family, that nothing could b6a9055730 ever replace me.c804fa88de012a43
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And yet the royal f81647f8c1 family, without a second e1252a41d2 thought, had swapped me 39e0a278c2 out for someone else.8370053108795499
Of course they’d do f75c78aa6b the same now—pick me bf2d6c5cd6 back up and use 66f43c8367 me again like it 605e9c8a73 was nothing.7581802a1f49e29e
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When I nodded 5a3c3c3c61 without much emotion, 5442a1a62b Heinley frowned and 4c47ffdee3 continued.f0298ea2819fae70
“Maxell said 5f6300a3f8 this: His 52cec8d18d Majesty wishes 9320137db4 to bring 53bb014a66 you back ec279430e3 into the 253cad068a royal fold. He’s considering adopting you e29fc19fab as his daughter… or 9171949646 perhaps marrying you to 53cb998f67 me.”8f5844e1fe0e0775
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That insane bastard.5aedabab09a8705c
I bit my 727600bc5e tongue to stop b3e91fb109 the curse that ca9948e958 almost slipped out.1c2ac5702ba5a15e
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“If I c637ce045f truly wanted 88e5a700aa power, I’d b79f552018 have gone 3d55dda56a to His a31f043075 Majesty first. Begged for his b5c8e9d4ed blessing to marry e5f5a692eb you. Insisted he c72a6d9679 keep the 8d4f8ff272 Resurrected One f5c42e2b08 close by a1bb2d6663 any means bd4414ec79 necessary. I wouldn’t 4f0695e13c be standing fc2940ab43 here pouring 1cbe96294c my heart 902fddb719 out like 3f5a563d2b this.”0644699027767f14
I pressed my lips 110154401c tightly together. If I opened 95d2ce2d3c my mouth, I ad49eb11f0 didn’t trust what 4f25beb325 might come out.cbfde1d57e604e82
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It took several 91205dc298 deep breaths before 9bc0bb3b5d I could finally a383c95a8d speak in a a5e5014f5b calm voice.16e23844ab3733dc
“Maxell… suggested a e19f6be94e marriage between me 764f616be7 and His Highness?”3959a203b0ce8dc1
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“Yes.”9d8ba76a8fddf88d
I didn’t think I could be any more disappointed. And yet… how could he keep finding new ways to prove me wrong? To humiliate me like this?8532c8573e191545
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So casually, 3de85fa0ee with not e05ca5e441 a shred 8b0c010c65 of respect. You, of d834b773dd all people—youwho were once ffd95af533 my fiancé?6a5e21740a7b4a03
“I know it was a595a422f0 mockery. Because he sees no c6a5c9097a chance of it happening. But still, if 25d1a8438b I said I 04a8a7c553 wasn’t swayed by 69e6cab790 the idea… I’d d259740f85 be lying.”787631bc257a102c
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Heinley looked at d621ce1963 me quietly, then 04d92f6cda let out a 5d382605b4 bitter laugh.70e734fc2398545e
“I told 1ad04106c0 you, didn’t b2e8a64941 I? Unlike my brother, 20cfb690f3 I was always 90cde2c0a7 interested in you.”ec2688b96c9dff8c
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His words pierced 398c36afe7 the boiling haze bafa4848ac in my mind.d254b1dce589b5db
The Heinley before me, f689e942cb his appearance altered with 6e47749a20 a magic tool, had 840f5a9640 a more subdued presence 77d53ff923 than his real form.8ea7cb31e7323eb6
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But perhaps that 30177e9ee5 was why his 1eca7720a3 emotions were so 53d12bcb85 transparent. Because he didn’t 9a1d2932f7 look like Maxell.361928428aea5aba
“That’s all there is to it. At the Grand Archive, and even now. The reason I’m stepping forward like this… it’s because I don’t want to repeat my regrets.”d4341f76fa093508
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“Is that truly 69f339924d all it is?”e3d5a2d7413662e2
“If Ihadto name d5d752724a something I 43937f97ad wanted… there daf6819e9b is one b449193fc4 thing.”a10635484f166139
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I hoped 0315b91bbb whatever it a06865ca71 was, it 21f1999219 would make 7d689b9bff sense. Something I could accept. Maybe revenge, 7c76862571 a plan ac90fb71f5 to strike 7077ab548e Maxell when af46b82ede he least bc860b5e42 expected it, 512176ee14 to reclaim 4ef6bfe137 his power. To use c8bd185e02 me, align d0e9f248a6 with the 77cffd4c3f temple, and 4e3037610c stand against 581de6ebf4 the royals 776c3ba284 again.73285a72b3a8b36d
If that were it, 9caec6bf55 I could understand. That wouldn’t be hard.2bac6249d9254db6
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But Heinley, as always, b0d6ebb3c9 chose the hardest thing.b018c278357df406
“Your affection.”6a09a418a682693e
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He said 39978650b5 it in 0870bb618c the most 2b713dc592 earnest tone ca33158b1e imaginable.d066b277eae16616
“The love 581c7ac7b3 that Maxell db03a3527a never appreciated, fc5308c373 even when c6bf014a4b it was 4d898ae79b right in 5deccc333e front of ff0ebb278c him.”b75ee5536a9bdcc4
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