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After dinner, the dark one helped drag the given textbooks and manuals from the library to my room and left on his own business. Until dinner, I sat over my books, trying not to think about the upcoming test. I chose my specialty for a reason, because archiving involves access to the most extensive library in the kingdom. I had a glimmer of hope that Marner the First and his men had missed something, and that proof of his treachery lay somewhere on the dusty shelves.Aiden was very surprised by my choice of major. It turned out that there are almost no girls at the Faculty of History, they most often choose easier professions. Especially for them, the Faculty of Music and the Faculty of Arts were opened. It is not surprising, because it is not customary to work among the aristocracy, and girls come here for the sake of a profitable marriage. Still, the old man was right.Dinner time was approaching, I put down a very interesting textbook on the history of military affairs and began to
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I went straight to the dean's office. Dinner was most likely already over, and in order not to be late, I had to practically run.I stumbled into the waiting room disheveled and with a wildly pounding heart. The secretary, with whom we had a mutual dislike at first sight, writhed a displeased face at the sight of me. Probably, she hoped that I would be late or not come, and I would be immediately expelled.“Lord Bane and Lord Culver are waiting for you,” she emphasized the last words, as if waiting for the dark ones was akin to severe torture, and I am the most terrible person in the kingdom, if I allow myself such. - You can pass.“Thank you,” I said in an unctuous voice and smiled broadly. The secretary was even more skewed.She knocked on the office door and entered immediately. The dean, like last time, was sitting at his huge table; I saw the second man standing by the window for the first time. He turned around at the sound of the door being opened, and looked at me attentively.
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The next three weeks flew by like one day. I regularly went to classes and generally behaved like an exemplary student. Anika disappeared somewhere, at least she did not appear in the dining room again. Besides me, there were only two girls studying archives, and there was not a single dark one among the guys. With rare exceptions, they preferred military and political directions. For Aiden and Roland, this was the last year at the academy, they both graduated from the Faculty of International Relations.I spent every breakfast and dinner in the company of dark people, and more and more often I found myself thinking strange thoughts. If we discard all prejudices, then the dark ones were not so bad people, or rather, they were too ordinary for those whom they used to hate and fear all their lives.Aiden continued to gently tame me, light kisses were replaced by passionate caresses, in which it was so easy to lose oneself. He was a very attentive gentleman, several times this week I fou
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At least half of the members of the resistance known to me are gathered in Amalia's house today. Most of all, I did not expect to see Venira, she was standing in the corridor and arguing lively about something with the redhead. Lester looked at her like a cat at sour cream, and seemed not to listen to her at all. He saw me first and nodded in greeting. Noticing my appearance, Venira left her interlocutor and stepped forward.“We are just waiting for you,” she reproached me."I'm glad to see you too." She smiled. I have to admit that I really missed my dark friends.“I heard you had to put on an artifact…are you okay?” Venira suddenly asked.- It's okay. Thanks for asking.“Don't think that I'm worried about you, I just want to know how everything went in great detail."Of course," she didn't believe her at all. Three years ago, I would have been offended by such words, but now I had time to get to know her too well. She was worried about me, but was afraid to show it. Lane and her fam
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Monday morning was not easy for me. I haven't figured out how to proceed yet, so I decided not to go to breakfast, so as not to accidentally run into the dark ones.In the history of military affairs, I did not learn anything new and useful. To some extent, it was even funny to listen to the laudatory odes to Marner the First and his military strategy.In the next lectures, thoughts about food were interrupted by thoughts about Aiden. Did he carry out his threat? I could not believe that he would so easily abandon our relationship because of one quarrel. Just thinking that he was flirting with other girls at this party made me shake. For the first time in my life, I felt jealous, and I did not like this feeling at all. I knew that I could not forgive the betrayal.I decided not to skip lunch, otherwise I risked disrupting the practical exercises in the archive with the howl of my stomach. The dining room was quite busy, and having received my lunch, I glanced around the tables to find
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Inspired by happiness, I almost did not notice how quickly the time flew by. The day of the ball was inexorably approaching. Lady Holm undertook to sew my dress, so I had to spend several days off at her mansion.Her cold indifference to my fate did not at all contribute to my sincerity and honesty, therefore, when she asked questions about our relationship with the dark, I lied from the bottom of my heart. During the time spent with her, I realized one simple truth: Lady Amalia Holm hated the dark ones with all her heart. And this thought gave rise to many doubts and questions.The night Aiden confessed his love to me, I didn't believe him at all. It seemed to me that words uttered in a fit of passion should not be taken to heart. But very soon doubts crept into my head. Aiden seemed to have been replaced, during the day he looked at me with special tenderness, and at night he brought down all his passion. I felt needed, and deep down I understood that my love was starting to grow in
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For several days now, it has been raining incessantly, the Zamir autumn has finally given up its positions, and everything around has suddenly become gray and dirty. Lady Holm's mansion greeted me with dim windows and gloomy silence. There were only a few days left before the ball, and, most likely, I came here for the last time. The dress was ready, I just need to pick it up and get final instructions.The servant who met me, according to tradition, escorted me into the living room, where I suddenly ran into Aiden's aunt again. Amalia knew that I would arrive today, the servant knowingly did not warn me about the guest, which means that this meeting was specially arranged by the mistress of the house.— Oh, Ellen! Are you ready for the ball? - with deliberate fun in her voice said this dark one. I still haven't bothered to get her name.- Hello. Yes, I just arrived for my dress,” she said, looking exclusively at Amalia.“Your dress is ready, you can try it on in your room,” she answe
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The palace was amazing. When I got out of the carriage, I froze like a stone statue. It was the largest building I have ever seen in my life. The facade of the three-story palace was painted in azure, which contrasted with the white columns and gold decor.Have you never seen the palace? Aiden asked curiously.“I saw it, of course,” I lied, and, having stopped staring at this colossus, I tried to make a more indifferent face. “But this is the first time this close.At the entrance to the palace, I noticed several members of the Order of Darkness, and even Aiden's escort did not save me from identity verification. Having found the right name in a huge list of invitees, the man asked for my hand, and only after that we were let through. I counted the seconds it took to get through security, and everything seemed to indicate that Venira had no chance of getting inside.The main staircase, made of white marble, was decorated with carved balustrades and figured vases. Aidan led me confiden
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