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Chapter 94: Bitter Reunion

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~Ioana~

Popping with my joints, a sigh of relief escapes my parted lips. Everyone else has been dismissed, it was just the bigger official and I. "You did a good job pretending to be oblivious to his condition." He flinched, confused.

"Oblivious?" he stammered.

I sneered. "Oh, don't take me as a fool. I might have not said anything, but you were part of the persons who never gave him help when he needed it, weren't you?"

He shook his head, wanting to deny, but I shot him down. "I'll have this investigated to the end, and don't let me discover otherwise.

"But for now… I'll trust your words." I grinned, and he flinched. "You can leave." It was a dismissal, but I spoke, halting him in his panicked retreat. "By the way, what's his name?"

"Caleb, Your Highness."

"Good." That was my only comment as I watched him wobble out of the hall. The double doors slammed shut behind him.

"Caleb," I called out again. It faded.

Then I snapped out of it as I saw the guards lining the wall. That's right,
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