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Asty was walking around the palace when she noticed something strange everywhere. The maids seem to be avoiding her and she did not seem to see a single sentry guarding the gates.
Everyone seems to be very busy and every time she would greet them they would only turn away.
"That's odd." she told herself. "They don't really act like this to me before."
She walked around and around and even brought herself into the garden. But there was not a single person around.
What was going on, she thought.
She couldn't even find her friends anywhere in the Palace. She had woken up with absolutely nothing but the chirping of birds. She looked around to see if there was someone she can talk to.
Yvonne wasn't there, Chaol wasn't there. Even her brother was not there.
"Where could they all have gone to?"
She noticed that the maids were stealing glances at her. She would look at them and wave but then they would only avoid her gaze. A little bit
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