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Peace was deep in her sleep but a familiar scent filled her nostrils. The memory attached to the scent was not pleasant at all and that was visible because her eyebrows crumpled suddenly and cold slowly crept through her bones. It was as if she had realized something, Her eyelashes trembled and Peace suddenly jerked up from her sleep and sat up in the bed with a defensive expression, her forehead wet with droplets of cold sweats,

 She wanted to speak but her tongue was too heavy to utter even a single word. She whimpered when she saw Paul standing at the foot of her bed, he had a dreamy expression in his eyes but as soon as PEace’s eyes met his, he changed his expression into a blank one.

“I was wondering who was in the room, I didn’t realize our little princess was home,” Paul spoke in a caring tone. He stepped closer