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Chapter 22: A Price for Secrets

Author: Blessed B
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-20 15:35:17

Scarlett’s POV

I didn’t bother knocking.

I walked straight into the cabin without waiting for an invitation, boots loud on the old wooden floor.

“You’re Mira?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

She didn’t even flinch. Just kept grinding something in a wooden bowl like I wasn’t standing right there.

“I said—are you Mira?”

“You tracked me all the way here just to ask that?” Her voice was dry. Tired, but sharp. “You know who I am.”

I hated her tone. Calm. Flat. Like none of this was a surprise.

“Then you know why I’m here.”

She finally looked up. Her eyes were grey, sharp like broken glass. Old eyes. Not just in years, but in weight. She looked like someone who’d seen too much, trusted too little, and stopped caring a long time ago.

“You came for River,” she said.

No hesitation.

My jaw tightened. “You know where he is?”

“That depends.”

I narrowed my eyes. “On what?”

She set the bowl down and wiped her hands on the side of her faded skirt. “Protection,” she said. “And payment.”

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