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DEFOREST

He must have thought that I was a fool, that he could outsmart me!

I had initially bought what he was selling, thinking he was on the same page with me. I had briefly forgotten that he was Duncan, the very Duncan that would seize opportunities for his personal interests.

Every other person was secondary to him.

I had almost made the fatal mistake of trusting him with my signet ring. "With that, the guards won't stop us from getting to them," he said, sounding very convincing. "They deserve more than the death sentence," he had added, sounding more angrier than I was.

To think that I fell for it!

How could I have known he also deserved the same!

I found my way to my chamber immediately I handed over the ring to them. I needed all the rest I could afford considering I had not slept the previous night. But I could not bring myself to sleep even as I lay on the bed; nature had refused my request. My mind kept pondering on the fact that I had entrusted the most pre