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Chapter 12: The Advisor

Author: Diva_writes
last update publish date: 2026-05-03 08:00:00

The morning after the boots appeared outside my door, I woke to the sound of someone entering my room without knocking.

I sat up so fast that my head spun, pressing my back against the headboard and pulling my knees to my chest, ready for whatever new cruelty the day had brought. But the woman who stood in the doorway was not a guard, not a noble, and not anyone I had seen before in the weeks I had been trapped in this frozen castle.

She

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