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Ivone pulled Maya behind her as she led her partner through the castle's courtyard and headed for the stable. Maya had complained to her earlier in the morning, while they had been in the room, of being bored after their chat and she had decided to give her a tour of the castle, a castle she herself was not all that familiar with.

"Are you sure it is alright for me to be out and about like this, Ivy?" Maya had asked her this question repeatedly throughout their short journey from their room to this courtyard. And each time, Ivone had assured her.

"Yes, it is very alright," she had replied with a chuckle and squeezed Maya's hand gently, giving her a reassuring smile, "As long as we stay clear of the Alpha that is, but not to worry, he hardly leaves his quarters, and I don't think he is in right now."

The sun was high up and the day was just too beautiful to be cooped up inside, it was literally begging to be spent wandering and galivanting. On days like this in Nyxoria, she and Dama
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