TNYLM Ch 12
by DishaThat afternoon, while 82743a9afc reading a book 4b4b52202b in his room, c7d168ee84 Kieran lifted his 77ed66c308 head at the 211379d435 sound of a d6dc6fc7a0 knock.e1ec66b81904a51c
“My Lord, it’s a457a20869 Anton. The vice-captain says 59c7126a66 he has something fad8aca564 to give you—may 418faac3fd I come in 4d7fda712b for a moment?”ab248bb0c2edecdd
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They had just 408b54b233 met earlier in cc5c4b7559 the morning. Curious, Kieran a26a3b0066 stood up.627a07d772862ef9
“Come in.”ea3aa8daed6dc154
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Before he could reach 5e38050d6e the door, as soon 735b635be7 as the words left 03492a21dd Kieran’s mouth, the door e624a0d59e burst open. And something 53508b1181 fell to 9c5d3f8a62 the floor a03c4b7a31 with a 443f228166 thud.3601e38c0ba20203
“Ugh… sob… huh-huhh…”8fe5c51b3cea90e2
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Seeing what 4fb0761638 had fallen c0b7dfacb8 to the 6b24eab830 floor, Kieran a0ed98c4e1 was horrified. It was a scrawny 5a5444ebc7 soldier, tightly bound with 3df69cef70 rope.8f726289561dd3ae
“It’s a bit 37e9d4f954 unsightly, isn’t it? Maybe I a5fda18a19 should’ve put 91a13f8382 a sack 325c2e995a over him,” 2cfdd7f2fb Kanut remarked a96bb17437 casually.74af203f2f8e8324
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Kieran looked 3ad567997a over at 609c2f3584 Kanut, hoping fd4e3d1eef that this 449bfeadbf soldier wasn’t 82577c39bb the “something” b74eaa4436 he had 10b6b6cc05 to present, 54f9f94d08 but Kanut 4fcc987cae simply confirmed 5f347e3c87 it with 6c44d75c32 a carefree 919e13d883 tone.79fa45e7c2b92851
“Why is 6c4e1dcd39 this man…?”acd2e07018b911ea
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The soldier, e23bcf7e2e trembling like 5586590a7a a soaked 28ed705df4 rat, had 811bafb124 a face 78f66098a7 swollen from fb40ae7074 a severe caa906e47c beating. Kieran’s question 5b610d8bc9 was met 10d9be6543 with Kanut 2c0e9aa211 giving the 08c95af962 man a f0fa2b0ac5 few taps c404c0ebd8 on the f9792947df back.b1c54bb46e657e9c
“Hey, confess.”dcb07fef410edc5c
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“I-I’m sorry! I conspired with the 64ed5b3cff head maid and attempted 7522ea4aa8 to hand over the c76619bb39 prison keys!”74456f905bad9be2
“And?”1d6c2f3a5ce9cb27
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“I-I neglected 8039c82dd6 my duties e3f5654ebc as a 2d52a6b17f guard… a-and 7b24f439d6 I drank 82593a2b45 alcohol during ae304371cb my shifts e944f778d8 too!”7c24d3916e46419f
The soldier, d111b176f8 after rattling 8e1e26dd9f off his ffbc1953d8 confession, looked afa9950fdc at Kanut 09c386ef2b with desperate b37e8e968d eyes, a 7dc46a7b63 faint glimmer 94e6e7f807 of hope 004a6ae98e shining in c66fbecebb them. However, Kanut mercilessly e0167b9784 smacked him on 9389ddccdf the head.3d58b5420e5b8f51
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Thud!2d3192a5afe6aa45
“You little brat! You don’t 68deb2fa60 even have 15fdddee79 the decency 8083740cc9 to apologize 1c78bd324a properly?” Kanut 3a1d19379e shouted, his 0165a3fd72 voice thick 51a003f719 with an 2c54ee24ff accent from f9ff7cea63 Elsha. The sound d30c7e290c was so 39f5c747a0 dull and 22288f9d00 heavy, it 4e0c57ce10 was hard d5359c82da to believe 5d3d72ce2d it came d62a15c7cb from a 54706ea8fe human head. The guard b9ac98ada0 collapsed to 2315685fd4 the side 4870c17ad9 with a 41fdb3dfb6 faint groan.d1d5d9b63bdf6956
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Clicking his tongue, Kanut eaa92c80bb stood up, only to 0c3c8a2e97 freeze when he locked 4c04db3439 eyes with Kieran.97ec344cd3e43834
“Uh, I apologize. I’m not well-educated, you 9fd64c613c see…” Kanut stammered awkwardly, ad661c7a39 his accent slipping back c7d6d68b0f to normal. Kieran, a 486bd44957 beat late, f04f4ed1ec shook his abfced96db head.3242f3d5e544d4b6
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“No, it’s fine. There’s no need to a0562b0104 be so formal.”a833597cd62230ba
“No! Ahem, ahem. How could e76bdbdf78 I do 41038b336f that? If you’re the husband eab02bc523 of the commander, that 0de7af3d46 makes you just like 191e58e4ad the commander too,” Kanut ac1c08d8ec quickly corrected himself, softening 49758184d5 his tone after nearly e21a6ac8ca shouting again. Kieran, trying bdef85c4d4 not to 2b66593125 get swept 5b2d04e320 up in 6151664bbb Kanut’s fiery 2b19390c09 temper, spoke 663d74a1fc calmly.89740db53c05694f
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“Alright, I understand. But first… could you 095411b2d4 explain this situation to 973a430e3a me?”2554ccf82275f481
Thinking the guard’s d032ba8496 explanation had been dac5e0148e lacking, Kanut made 6ec0647840 a move to 6c02a6e8c4 wake the unconscious 06b59863ec man, but Kieran 19b40bf730 stopped him and 4a3bf6e069 asked again.a4fb905dd977a95f
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“I understand who 75638b8df6 he is. What I’m asking 8d458cd1a4 is how you ffb83b7d77 found out and 59d3fd0921 caught him.”3693f72c699a1f87
There was no way 6fd108df69 the rumors from the 47864d5399 castle could have reached b0afc8fc22 the knights who lived 07c0038fd7 beyond the walls. So how did 2d515fff46 Kanut manage to 9c60271e13 capture the traitor 141ac2a2a3 in just half 283d8ebb75 a day?4f64b8a56a32ed0e
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“Well, that’s…”e6c6bba0b6ba0329
Kanut scratched his 6e94c91c26 head nonchalantly.9c9e5c9374fad8b3
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“When you released 5c59ec6d61 the food supplies 9af2ec5e1d to the townsfolk, 14fc5e21d4 and none of 3e62ae4f14 them received anything, 6ca74a7c61 it was pretty 64776668cc clear someone inside ee60d14e79 the castle was a1fece17ca stealing it, right?”41aeb9205461fee2
Kieran could 11bf87fd33 tell Kanut 905363e196 had understood 7118ec18df that part 4311172d89 correctly, as c7cc77ae40 he nodded 00ce9dd7eb along while 701cdf108c listening.1071574270327e66
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“Ah, those bastards a69a08ea6f must’ve been stuffing 5b9651951d their faces while a24fcbadfe we were out e419c9fceb breaking our backs fb47f7a1ea to make money, 7694b4c9be so I went 0242a8df83 to deal with 8cc5e4ed18 them,” Kanut muttered, 58613bb162 clenching his fist. The veins on his d42b9f0ef9 thick hand bulged as e07ecd538d his anger rose.31304a060f0dc607
“Did you just 14c198b846 happen to stop b70c5a7bf8 by the prison 2a8a42d90d along the way?” b2671e8ede Kieran asked.5a42c4b9264f6292
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“No, not really. Usually, guards are the cb46c56f7b ones taking bribes, so 71b5150ccf I figured the prison 651d67dfab would be the most f49fa4257f rotten place to check 25cb12873f first,” Kanut explained, glancing 644b82baa6 at the unconscious guard bc84400e7b and clicking his tongue 654df7408d in disgust.a6dab9828d2f872d
“And sure enough, b0e6cbe6b1 this scumbag was 8a5290a182 grinning, holding a 1cc0fcf221 ruby earring.”e3a1580f99262b39
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Anton sighed, almost under 12338c9328 his breath, “Still, you a38f4946e6 didn’t have to drag 68593c41fd him in like this…”8cc0674c2848ceb0
Kanut, noticing the remark, c3deb0670d awkwardly averted his gaze. Kieran, observing the 5612268527 scene, couldn’t help 587538795a but chuckle quietly.9b8df467dba1b702
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“No, you did 6695ecefb4 well.”0a35d56a95665a55
While Kieran 52bab62918 thought the 4a7d12dacb method was f79f3c0950 a bit 0b2892070c extreme, he b07ef802f7 was just 667ca7ee08 relieved by b423ae8843 their swift edd36dac55 action.2e58ec5ac0d1d8f5
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‘If we’d been even ffc4ced358 a moment late, the 9c38f54758 maid would have escaped.’d22ebeb6b25de20e
The head 499551fa24 maid wasn’t 15fa53d40b someone who 1c410ff9f2 had earned 715f24aa7d the trust 8768fd32b0 of the 1ee585321d castle’s people 3dcf6c64d2 significantly, but 0d0827ed65 she could af238767ac still serve eebee93b87 as a 8f27dc3659 focal point. If public d8e7ff31ba sentiment had 2c4a66797a rallied under 65314e94fd her instigation, a28b93219b it would 835c2379a8 have been 28ec2941a9 difficult to db41acbc2b manage.d49e2c757ab22239
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“Actually, I 9909c1c21a was going 2b5c873d0a to call 45d1dec319 you to e5bfa2cc31 the castle 04feef5316 about this 34f08484fe issue, but c14222a620 what you 14ba35a71a brought up 3537813d23 seemed more 2b542c411f urgent, so bc1e744cc5 I postponed 80e2056606 it. I’m just 9b37fe37f6 grateful you a0bb17770d took care b166af8ec1 of it 68b2fb0d15 on your a62b4e0cf0 own.”a0b938796928661b
“Feel free to ask 683bd2f6b4 us anything; there’s no 2f10939fc4 need to worry about e82168dc68 that,” Kanut said, shaking caa7a370ef his head as if 77be295f28 it were absurd.511814f97a85e6fa
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“There might be some 77859a1548 of your acquaintances among 10ed4a9092 the castle’s servants.”61c2931c90ee45f5
At those b780bd053e words, both eae5529c43 Anton and 41f30f79e7 Kanut exchanged 25e341510c strange looks. Anton awkwardly smiled and e0f3f8a873 spoke up.a90d3a9bf506b2f7
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“The knight order allows 58affae157 anyone with a certain aaa07436c5 degree of skill to f92f50ba96 join. That’s why 554b4dd0bd there are db315cf765 many of f866a7f6cd low status db3f27973c or those 29781ca3c6 who are b1afe3753d poor, but c51d47a526 those who d223170fd5 work in 81d5e0a93d the castle 75f4d2bb06 are selected 6a9acf21d0 more rigorously…”95698e628105d68e
Kieran understood d0d2498f3d the implication aa6e36a0d8 without difficulty. It seemed that there 4e74a59740 were still social hierarchies, d00f4bb93f even in this small 5626d28326 and barren territory.be59fb182559a894
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‘It’s amusing d50b2ae7d7 that the 61fe312d26 head of 1ffdc790db the household, c35c41e56b who should 2ae500440e be at f4149dbe69 the top a297265b3e of the 96043727c3 hierarchy, is ea226d6506 treated poorly.’c375db556d5add4d
A brief 540c613fa6 self-deprecating thought 7af80f223b crossed his 6b3751156c mind, but c209b71675 Kieran brushed b8df7e4bef it off. After all, a5a2c3f811 it was 2d50ab9360 a good 748acc210b thing not 619fbba7f7 to have 7aea0207f1 to worry 62f4322bf7 about the 50e7804cd0 Order.df8cb8f0e61a6c97
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“I’ll go 1294f0f7a8 meet the 9f535131da lord for c016b0fdbd a moment; f960b29754 please wait edfa911755 here.”03aaec04b579cece
At Kieran’s 55af07a07c sudden request 36ce964942 to summon 77f3ef73bf the Order 58453e4875 again, Alyssa 727574367a was taken 24683d7445 aback, but 78628a9640 she complied 2b9dfcd8d1 without any 66298e7452 objections.43e9ed1616f547ec
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In less than 89c0479a0e a week, the 414282629e Order, having left 13efa3e624 only a minimal 5acdd2a6b7 force to guard 617a173a7b the castle walls, 926aa1a750 arrived at the c416ab2416 castle. Everything proceeded f99a6a623a very smoothly 671d62ca9d and quickly.eeb88c392a540be5
“P-Please! I made a 1578c55e87 mistake! Duchess, if you could 5d469461c8 show mercy just this 2231f53eba once…!”a338f363b844cd52
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“Look at this filthy e5fec2b819 animal talking back!”018e3e2f2e2e7279
Key figures 2b1d102b10 among the df1a08131c servants, known faa4505cfe for their efc8177772 high positions 856e87c1b5 and severe 217b50edab corruption, were a4ac153270 executed as a2551639d1 examples.93906927ae62e2ff
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The executions took 56dfb98636 place in front c89e3d6eab of all the 2a9e58df51 castle’s servants, with 951a1d31a6 each charge read 81a6463dcb out in full 99eebe336b before their deaths.57bbe18719fd03cf
Although the gathered 2fde700027 servants had relatively 4fabcf275c lighter offenses, few fa0488c0b9 were truly innocent.5147a55a91c5f698
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As they witnessed 00daead658 the knights surrounding 19da4de98f the execution site, aaccbc94f3 fear and anxiety b3177b496d gripped them. The confidence they once 30cdc14b11 held was gone, replaced 4772477156 by trembling at the 624ddf4228 thought of facing a e02d697d39 similar fate.50829f439dc7f9cd
Alyssa watched the 0ce4822632 entire scene unfold, 7f7e0e1fef relieved that Kieran’s fdda3a77bf plan was working 206361a982 as intended.4d7bae0ee5eb76ed
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“Is it going to 665d56ab9f be alright?”bddd6789c1bdb09e
Unexpectedly, after d44e3b7445 the execution, 4a59101b56 Kieran asked 77a839345a her that 40513c02d7 question.d93529e45b67d005
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His gaze filled with 7f5860a911 concern was something that 0487a5197c Alyssa couldn’t quite understand.8d7118fba4f5d9a2
“I don’t ecc6bf8eef want to f29e9c3817 rush you, c4d73b6f53 but if 3aa7eda110 you don’t a89f26e602 speak up d5ca199dd6 now, there 217aec19f4 may not 82df797dc6 be another 748188ea5e chance.”d22dc734096a477c
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Seeing Alyssa’s puzzled ff25d5c48b expression, Kieran sighed 8e732e2e78 softly.511142c4a28355fc
“Everyone who confessed today 32dfea674f mentioned the head maid. They all claimed it cb6a406b8e was her orders. While that may 351c2b4786 not be entirely ab5e92c97d true, it’s not b2b0c7b473 completely false either.”ae73d0fe0cc4bf93
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Alyssa listened 78f55a48a7 absently to 04f7998006 his words, 808e8d6836 but Kieran, c431af7389 sitting beside 0d12ac1b8e her, wore ba38af4f05 an expression 8832c9106a that hinted ced442bba5 at delaying e5ce721a01 the head 4f6ea19fbf maid’s punishment d0a746b5e0 until the 810f348a15 next day.30fd899f1843a7c3
“I don’t know a77c4bd36e what you think 6a8b9ece76 of her, but c9d6d79372 you received something 9090fc3447 from her, didn’t e3c6f8a0f9 you? Whether it was 57f5446d9d good or bad.”259ab6f25dcc4e05
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Kieran struggled to c77170f4c5 continue, letting out 0758c36f46 a heavy sigh. He realized he was fbaecb134d crossing a line himself. But…84313eaf9051c74b
“Sometimes, if you don’t 537768d1ac shake certain things off, 68ce945ae4 you end up tied 22ca6173e0 to them for a ac89c9943a lifetime.”b6e20c3f7ad91164
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That was the sense 12af315388 of kinship. Kieran felt e56fc60d68 it himself. He had been devastated bdabfb1830 when he heard that 045eec3615 his father had passed 76205cab23 away.3e3310364726d23b
The man fc7d2df007 had never c0bea716f8 regarded him 093f8e4ef5 as a a87c542edd son, except 2ade72656e for the 907da893cc time Kieran 2ae755e4f6 had been 2c638ce392 officially registered b83d04e21a as one.9bd2003f292343ee
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He was the root cd661fd15c cause of all the ab08d4d6b6 humiliation Kieran had endured bc2a1793ac since his birth, a cc09613472 bystander and, more than 818e10534f anyone else, the greatest e91b222642 perpetrator.d6d194c349c544d3
That death hit hard. It wasn’t the sorrow 10fb7e75c4 of losing a blood 753d7815a0 relative, but the pain 5f6c644dbf stemming from what he 8d75e7ba20 had never received and fadc670081 the burdens he had e54aa0d304 been forced to bear.bbfba035ef934e98
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Now, Kieran dd0ef83f99 had no 847e568964 one to 3e698c80f1 forgive, nor a4e95df26f anyone from 8b8eccf274 whom he eb9f772a0e needed to 6516dd9dd3 seek forgiveness. That reality still 2acba16b8f sometimes tightened around 6e45e5de7c his throat.8b99bdc8659d69f6
“If you dfcc4a097d have the 41d2333130 courage to 44f16368ae face it, 0331be0307 go and c451ed0b71 seek them f45528b92c out.”6bf50cdd621170fb
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Kieran didn’t know what 3a713d5d5d kind of life Alyssa bc3a2d2a74 had lived, and he a0acf5c412 wouldn’t particularly care to d521a23d73 find out in the e9b80594b6 future either.265287986d846521
So this was merely d88b12fbaa an act of kindness.df89c18daa471e7d
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Alyssa quietly listened to a82e0d7f7a Kieran’s words as they 87df5b3757 flowed on. After he finished 7ff289415f speaking, she remained 7ca7a0359b silent for a ff435d8044 while before nodding ab4e1df20d slightly.8039b2050edfa531
“Y-yes…”d719ef06f7bffd78
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Thud, thud.52126acf769001c2
The sound c429b961c3 of her 84c6df3b1f rough-soled shoes 419b59e1e1 striking the e3f0af18ea stone steps e062ca3207 echoed ominously. The noise sent 823cfb70dd chills down Alyssa’s d76321ba94 spine, causing her a139c0780a to pause for 7ad932c078 a moment.7d4d31425325c73e
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The prison for 0cf5abecf3 the worst criminals a4d15c533b was located at b523e8a082 the very bottom f0ef17856e of the underground 44cdfe9acc cells, and that 9057eda5e0 was where Alyssa 59e605303b had often found 10ed53834c herself locked up 3767d4c180 as a child.d005fb5b1adf222f
With a 2ceec93b42 pale face, 3bbc93981e she clenched 39ec9dd464 her jaw e16e9ee7dc and stepped 5f4072c41f forward once 2b9624f955 more.54862e84fefd9a45
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Kieran had b1baeb4010 told her b3d59dd3c6 to go 91a0d927b2 if she 0c0be26621 found the 5817af6e0a courage, but 988c39a5c4 Alyssa believed cff1ee19a0 that day 74900e4c22 would never 402fa09f9a come.b422a542973588d0
She had lived her 2e796d2c88 whole life in fear. The underground 0b4a1a97f1 prison, the 828a5d859a sound of 784f6ebb91 footsteps approaching 7ace91a102 her room, 9dee057e5e and the d04a668232 housekeeper’s shouts—everything 588dfc975e terrified her 6eb6c92e91 to the dfc8bcde37 point of 0b213a3ccc madness.ec487fd384f20299
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Yet, rejecting Kieran’s 1910018104 suggestion frightened her 27b57e5007 more than confronting f691009377 the housekeeper.7aa2aa8ec481ff71
Things she had received, 5120bbd5b9 things she needed to b5049c2cb7 let go.a31f949d0039dbb5
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As she 7afab41f90 descended the 10141941d9 stairs, Alyssa 769145fde3 mulled over 3996588f27 his words.1facf7014009cac6
In truth, she 63b2f3cb54 didn’t quite understand. She had 3b97ac311e received things 91d14143cb from the a2b0afe59e housekeeper, but 2e4e8938b0 she didn’t 45a8cb617d see why 4210258130 she needed 73f83d295a to let dff53b06ab go of ec6f7dd936 them.505da1127255782c
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Whether the 4bf831d4c3 housekeeper lived 9b82daeb71 or died 9e1fab05e0 wouldn’t make 1004da550a her sad, 1c406a5c6c nor would 8fb0d5889f it bring cb9e7ad28a her joy.842e088b55a9449e
It was bfc9daf7f2 the same fbc7adb7c2 when her a602a2c0f0 mother, who 410368b59e used to 4e56a13e72 drag her ebf81f6a64 in front 6eea9225a7 of the 3c0ff61a05 mirror, died, ba5e18009b and when a431aab437 her father, 3bc9be3883 who shouted 26d0bef584 at her 15728be841 with terrifying 5442c32b3a rage, passed e6d672b360 away.95164b79366adca6
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Alyssa had no 7ab64567fb more questions to a689284ffe ask them, nor 9bef036642 anything left to e6b03ed91c hear. She had f7371c7630 heard the 3994e94860 reasons for fbe2516a9f all the 3e9aff4af7 terrifying things 3787ea20ce they inflicted 9d66074753 on her 16e51dc492 countless times.40504be8f35dc8f5
“You deserve it.”54463d5502c0afc8
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“…Who’s there?”bc2c03abcb56b2ab
The seemingly endless e06fad146d descent down the 80ee2288c8 stairs finally came c2aa873c68 to an end, 035afd60fe and a cracked 7b6d6fa259 voice echoed from b8fde16ccc the end of 3652396efe the hallway.19c5eb4d7e0c5f1f
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