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Sixty-Seven † Six Feet Under
The memory faded into another one, faster this time, showing a high tower with gigantic bird cages suspended from the ceiling through thick chains. Inside of the one in the highest part was Edeline herself. Guards in masks were slowly lowering her, later on assisting her to a grand courtroom with the woman in the gold mask.
And that woman turned out to be no other than the banished queen Aldonra.
"Your highness." Edeline bowed. "It is my pleasure to serve you and your kingdom. I will do my best to find the cure of the plague for your people."
It seemed that she had done exactly that, Kat deduced, as the next scenes showed the budding friendship between the queen and Edeline. Edeline was no longer thrown back into her cage. She was serving Aldonra even in what seemed to be her private quarters. They would dine together, face subjects together, and at one point rest in one room together.
Kat began to notice that Aldonra's face lit up around Edeline, t
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