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Chapter 51: The Questioning

Penulis: Blessed B
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-29 15:11:13

Scarlett's POV

I had never been good at waiting.

Especially not like this—locked in my room, stripped of control, left to wonder what was being said without me. Every tick of the clock on the wall made my spine tighter, my breath shallower. I had paced the floor so much I was sure the carpet would have a path worn through by the time someone came to get me.

But no one did.

Not Anna. Not one of the guards. Not even some low-ranking wolf with half a brain and enough fear to run messages for me.

I heard voices hours ago, low and muffled beyond the thick walls. But then… nothing. Like someone had muted the entire world outside my door.

I had checked my reflection twice already. My hair was perfect. My lips tinted just enough to look natural. My eyes outlined in soft brown, not too heavy, not too bare. I knew how to look like the calmest person in any room. I had trained for it. I’d survived with it.

But this silence? It was calculated. And it was making my fingers itch.

So when the knock
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