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FORTY NINE

Author: Gentle Roses
last update publish date: 2026-06-30 20:23:41

Nora's POV

A few days later, I finished my duties that evening, every part of my body ached. My feet hurt from walking across the palace since dawn, my back throbbed from carrying baskets of linens, and my stomach churned with the familiar nausea I had become far too good at hiding. All I wanted was a few quiet hours inside my tiny room where nobody could look at me with pity, disgust, or suspicion.

I slipped into the servants' quarters without drawing attention to myself and pushed open my do
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    Third person's POV Karl arrived not long after the confirmation reports were finalized, as if he had been waiting just outside the threshold for the exact moment the situation became official enough to justify his involvement, and the energy he brought into the council chamber immediately shifted the atmosphere from controlled tension into something sharper, more volatile, more openly adversarial.He didn’t bother with formal greeting beyond a quick acknowledgment of the council, his eyes already scanning the map on the table and the scattered reports beside it, before settling on Rafael with a look that carried immediate judgment.He was furious that Nora had managed to escape. She was supposed to be the puppet he used in controlling and destroying Rafael. How could she have escaped and gone like that? He couldn't help but be highly suspicious of Rafael. Had he helped her to escape? Seeing how calm he was being only fueled his anger even more.“So it’s true,” Karl said, voice low bu

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