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Chapter 10
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2026-06-10 05:00:27LILIAN ROSEFORTH POV
My feet ached after walking for hours, but I did not stop. I moved toward the older, simpler part of the city—the area where people lived modestly, where luxury was not the standard. Eventually, I found a small, humble inn near the market. It was nothing like the grand rooms I had just left. The walls were thin, the bed was hard, and the window overlooked a busy street. But as I closed the door behind me, I felt something I hadn’t felt in a long time: privacy. No
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