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"HOW HARD CAN IT BE?"

작가: Wren Gray
last update 게시일: 2026-07-16 13:20:43

"THE LONELIEST HEARTS ARE OFTEN THE ONES EVERYONE FEARS."

STELLA

Mira and I walked back toward the servants' quarters in complete silence. Neither of us spoke. The conversation with the servant lingered between us like a storm cloud neither of us knew how to escape. Just before we reached the kitchens, Mira caught my wrist.

"We're not telling Mother."

I looked at the bruise already darkening along her arm. "What about that?"

She glanced down at it before forcing a small smile. "I'll tell her I
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