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Maverick Peterson POVWillow was doing it again. While I knew it would be easy for her to drop her habit as she was internalizing her issues, it was still frustrating watching her hold it all in. If only Winter would tell me the reason like she had earlier.For some reason, she was strangely silent about the matter. I wasn't sure what the reason could be. Earlier, Winter had no problem telling Shadow what to relay to me so I could resolve the issue. Now she wasn't talking to Shadow."'ave you tried getting in contact with her?''Winter is ignoring me.'It was unfortunate not to be able to make use of that avenue. Getting an inside look into her mind helped me figure out what I needed to say to ensure

Willow Baker POVDespite my best efforts in trying to put up a brave front, I was screaming internally as I said, "I have gathered you all today for a special reason."As soon as I said those words, I regretted my choice of words. That wasn't at all what I had intended to say. I could have phrased it better or at least introduced myself before speaking.'Why would you need to introduce yourself? Everyone should know who you are by now.''I don't know. It's just weird to speak up without prior notice. Look. I don't even know if they heard me.'No one was paying me any mind. Even the few that had been looking in my direction when I first spoke up or had turned at the sound of my face were back doing wh

Willow Baker POVSeveral Minutes LaterWhile I was expecting something like this to happen, I was at the same time not expecting it. Realistically, I knew that they would have to either confess or make someone else the scapegoat.It was something I had expereinced first hand when I had been stuck under Rose's employment. In my first life, it was only because they disliked me. In this life, they had wanted to avoid punishment by trying to throw someone else into the fire.As I stared at the unruly crowd of people that had started attacking each other, I feared I made a horrible mistake. Several knights got involved to try to stop the fighting.'How did this happen?'

Maverick Peterson POV'What is she thinking?'I was wondering the same thing. After seeing how the people I've lived with for years had devolved into mindless beasts just because they could lose their job, I felt like my whole world was crashing down.It would be easy to believe that this was just a nightmare. There was no way any of them would act like this. This wasn't like them at all, but maybe I hadn't really known them at all if they could react like this when pushed into a corner.This was certainly an eye-opening experience that revealed to me that I couldn't trust any of them. Despite this, Willow was the one telling me not to get rid of them, even though she was the one who suffered the most.What would possess her to defe

Willow Baker POVFortunately or unfortunately, I didn't get any chance to do research on personal knights. Maverick was clearly intent on making sure I leave him with a personal knight before the end of the day.Staring at the gathered knights, I could tell they were just as uncomfortable as I was. I was certain none of them wanted to be picked to be my personal knight, and I felt a little sorry for them.'Why should you feel sorry for them? They'll be doing their job. If they dare try something, they're out of here.'I chose not to comment and turned to Maverick to see what he would do now that everyone was there. It wasn't hard to admit I was curious about how he would choose my personal knight.Was it based on experience or personality?"You have all gathered here today for something that should have been done a long time ago. We will be selecting Willow's personal knight." None of them showed any signs of discontent. They were pretty good. "Are there any volunteers?"As I expected