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Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six

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Matthias Crowe

I woke up with a strange pounding in my head. Everything feels like shit. I feel like shit. I glanced around, trying to remember where I was. I thought I was in a car.

My vision blurs for a moment before I rub my eyes with my fingers, and soon enough, it’s clear that I’m in my bedroom. How did I get here? The last thing I remember was getting into the passenger side of my car and Aurielle agreeing to drive me home. I guess she did as she promised. I’m home.

I try not to feel upset about it. About how I feel like crap, and she’s not here to take care of me. She’s still a good person. She helped me home. She didn’t have to do that. Surely she doesn’t hate me as much as she claims.

Or I’m reading too much into her act of kindness.

I exhale, and the bedroom door opens at that moment. Nerissa walks in, a servant following her. She looks at me with worry, but something close to annoyance is buried there.

“Matthias, where were you? I called you all throughout the night.” She
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