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Chapter Seventeen

Author: H.K
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-11 23:45:29

The crash echoed sharply from behind the pale wooden doors, metallic, and unmistakably the sound of something heavy toppling over.

Every girl stiffened.

Even the air seemed to hold its breath, suspended in cold stillness.

Maude’s brows slowly snapped together.

The two stewards beside her exchanged quick looks, one instinctively stepping forward as though ready to investigate.

Before he could take a single step, Maude raised a hand sharply.

“No. There are already attendants assigned inside,” she said, her voice low but tinged with annoyance. “His Highness does not require the entire palace running to his door at every second.”

The stewards froze at once.

But one of them—an older man with thinning hair—shifted uneasily and murmured under his breath, “Still… it’s near his quarters. His Highness must be awake.”

The words rippled through the line of girls like a jolt.

His Highness.

That must mean the Third Prince.

The tension thickened instantly. A few girls paled and ducked their heads. S
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