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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : NAKED BEFORE HIS EYES

Penulis: WINNIE WRITES
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

ELARA’S POV

When we finally stopped in front of the inn, the others stepped down first to speak with the owners of it and I stayed back, watching the small house glowing with candlelight. Women danced inside, skirts flying around them as drums pounded like their hearts had been waiting for a night to celebrate. Perhaps this was their own version of happiness.

A king arriving usually meant fear. But tonight… maybe everything would change. Maybe not for the better. Maybe not for me.

“The bandits didn’t attack again?”

Valerie looked at me like she wasn’t sure if she should answer. That alone made my suspicion grow. I could feel something had happened… something I missed.

Valerie stepped close, her voice low.

“What happened?

I was asleep all through,” I whispered.

She pressed her lips together.

“The bandits came,” she finally said.

My breath hitched.

“But his majesty listened to your suggestion. He placed soldiers in hiding. They ambushed the bandits before they reached
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