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Chapter 17

Author: Tryphosa
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Zara’s POV

The paper was thick. Coarse, like it had been cut from something older than time, and the ink was red, but not just red. Red like dried blood. Like fury given form. No seal, just a pressed rose petal and words carved with a blade instead of a pen.

"You wear his name like a crown, but everyone knows what kind of bitch gets fucked to the top.

Sleep with one eye open."

My breath stilled, not because of the words. But because someone had been in here. In my space, in my room. My sanctuary. Rael’s wing was the most secure section of the fortress, guarded day and night by men who’d slit their throats before failing. And yet someone had walked up to my door and left this.

I didn’t think. I just moved without putting on shoes. My hands were still trembling while holding the notes. I walked barefoot to Rael's room, heart pounding fast.

I reached Rael’s doors. The guards, two of them, both loyal, straightened when they saw me.

“Luna Zara,” one of them said. “Is something...?”

I didn’
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