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CHAPTER 10: Part 02

Penulis: Sheenzafar
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I could feel their eyes like physical weight pressing down on me. Some curious, some pitying, some calculating what my presence here meant for their own political positions. None of them looked at me like I was a person—only like a piece in a game they were all trying to understand.

Even the ones who didn't look directly at me—I felt their attention.

Held like breath in a room full of wolves.

The air was thick with unspoken questions. What was I doing here? Why had Kael chosen to display me so publicly? What message was he sending by seating his conquered enemy's daughter at his right hand?

I'm the message. I'm the threat and the promise and the warning all rolled into one midnight blue dress. Look what I can do. Look what I did do. Look what I'll do to you if you cross me.

I kept my head high. Kept my eyes straight. Mira had taught me how to walk without looking afraid, even when fear pressed like a second skin beneath my dress.

Each step was deliberate. Measured. The kind of walk th
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