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Chapter 73 Frayed Threads

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*Ana*

The silence doesn’t greet me–it pounces, thick as velvet curtains drawn too tight.

For one foolish moment, I almost convince myself that Pendwick might simply bow and step aside, that the tremor in my chest is just the echo of court politics and nothing more. That maybe, just maybe, this isn't what I think it is. That he's only saying hello, like any other day—just happened to find me in the hall and wanted to—

Oh, Ana, you know that’s a lie. The thought cuts sharp as winter wind. I coul
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