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Chapter 43- Kings Hall

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Beatrice’s Pov

The doors opened, and the noise hit me first.

Music rolled through the hall in heavy waves, low drums and sharp strings blending with laughter and voices speaking in different accents.

The sound wrapped around me, loud and suffocating, making it hard to think clearly. I hesitated at the threshold, my fingers curling into my palms as I took in the scene before me.

The hall was vast and dripping with gold, from the gilded columns to the jeweled goblets lining tables that groaned u
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