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89: The Return of Lady Scarlet

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last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-06-03 16:38:26

The sound of chariot wheels echoed through the stone-paved courtyard, drawing the attention of every servant stationed along the castle walls. As the carriages rolled to a halt within the inner compound, all stood at attention, hands folded, heads bowed in disciplined silence.

It had become custom, since the Luna’s ascension to her place beside the Alpha, to receive ladies of noble standing—kinswomen of powerful houses, widows of renown, or merchants of great fortune. But as the first carriage door opened and the lady within descended, a hush swept through the gathering.

Lady Scarlet had returned.

In flesh. In grace.

She stepped down with regal poise, her eyes—sharp as flint and just as cold—sweeping over the assembled staff. Her gown of deep burgundy embroidered with golden vines shimmered in the sun, the hem gliding like water over the stone. There was no mistaking her beauty; time had not dulled it, only honed it to something more formidable.

From the second carriage descended anot
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