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61: Ashes Of The Night Before

Penulis: DiaryOfDaisy
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-17 00:02:25

The morning was bright—deceptively bright, as if the events of last night had never happened.

The sun hung high, casting golden light over the estate, birds chirped in the distance, and the scent of fresh dew clung to the air.

But the only evidence of the blood spilled in the dark hours before lay in the red stains the housekeepers were scrubbing off the stone pathways.

"Twenty-one men," one of the younger maids whispered, glancing over her shoulder as she wrung out her cloth, the water in her bucket turning pink. "That’s what Mr Collins said."

Another housekeeper, older and more experienced, clicked her tongue. "And not one of them managed to step past the second courtyard."

"They said snipers took them out before they even reached the main house."

"Who were they?"

"Idiots, clearly."

A gardener, kneeling beside a row of blood-speckled roses, muttered, "Only fools come for Luca Avancii in his own home and expect to leave alive."

The staff exchanged uneasy glances as they worked. Some
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