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20: The Dinner Table 

Author: A.H. Hassan
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-29 02:48:09

Anya’s POV

The maid knocks once and enters my room without waiting. I realized she was carrying a dress over her arm, it is a deep red silk. Long, but the back is almost nothing, it has thin straps and she was also holding a high heels of the same color. A small box with diamond earrings and a necklace was also in her hands. I do not realize how she could carry all that without any help. She lays everything on the bed. “Pakhan says wear this for dinner,” she says. Voice quiet. She leaves as fast as she came.

I stare at the dress. My hands shake a little. Sonya sits on the chair by the window. She looks so pale.

“I got one too,” she whispers.

“Black. Simple.”

We do not talk anymore, we just got ready. I put on the red silk. It fits tight and shows too much skin. The collar stays around my neck, a silver cold. Sonya helps with my hair, she makes it into loose waves, adds a little makeup on my face, and gives me red lips. We look pretty, like dolls.

Two guards wait outside when we fin
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