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Willow Baker POV"I thought everyone here learned how to read and write," I mumbled to myself as I wracked my brain for a way to resolve this in the least painful way.Hearing my words, Maverick said, "Education isn't provided to the servants. Any education they might have had came from before they were employed in the grand duchy."I stared at him in disbelief. That had been the case when I was in Rose's employment. Almost no one knew how to read or write except for certain individuals. I had just assumed it would be different here.After all, the Grand Duchess and Maverick had taken the time to teach me, a former servant, how to read and write. I would have thought it was normal for them to provide an education for all their servants.Now it made sense why so many people had poor handwriting. It was actually a miracle that so many could even turn in anything at all unless they got someone else to write for them.That thought made me grimace as I realized that was a whole other can o

Maverick Peterson POVI froze, uncertain about what I should do now. When I told her to rest, I didn't expect her to start screaming at me and crying. It was something so completely unexpected that all I could do was stare at her.'Maverick, you should do something.'Shadow's words were enough to snap me out of my daze, and I hugged her. She stiffened, and I feared she would shove me away. Instead, after a few moments, she started crying again.From the side, I could see and smell how uncomfortable, Sir Kerry was with the whole situation. I signaled for him to wait outside, and he immediately took the chance to leave us.I would have scolded him for abandoning his mistress when it was his duty to protect her if not for the current situation. This is obviously something very private, and I didn't want him to be listening in.'She seems to be under a lot of stress.''I know.'Even though I wanted to comfort her and say none of it was her fault, I knew it wouldn't do any good. She wasn't

Willow Baker POV"Are you crazy?" he asked.Unbeknownst to him, Winter had said the same thing, but I didn't let that stop me. "It makes sense. In my previous life, there were people who supported Jason. While the circumstances are different in this life, I don't doubt for a second that there are people who wish he would take over."Maverick frowned, and  I knew I was right. I had thought about it before, but Jason couldn't have gotten that many people's support in such a short period of time in the previous life. He had to build up support when he previously wasn't a candidate.Technically, he hadn't been and still wasn't, but that wasn't the point. Since Diana was pregnant, there was still a chance his child would inherit the demon blood and had the chance to become the Grand Duke or Grand Du

Several Days LaterIt was quiet. Asa was sleeping on a particularly soft blanket when her face scrunched up in discomfort. She twitched and shifted, grumbling in her sleep. Then she opened her eyes with a whimper.As she looked around, she saw that she was alone. No one was there, not even her mother. Tears welled up in her eyes as she sniffled. Then she started crying for her mother to pick her up.Her cries caught someone's attention, but it wasn't her mother. It wasn't her father, aunt, or uncle. A stranger appeared in front of her, and she cried even harder as she didn't like them."She's so noisy," grumbled the servant as she picked up Asa by the waist.Not liking what was happening, she waved her arms around and kicked up her tiny legs. Her efforts did nothin

Willow Baker POV'We've been had.''What?''While this was probably not their objective, you're in quite a bit of trouble now. What will people think now that they see you covered in blood with a knife?'Obviously, they would think that I had just murdered someone in cold blood. It was what I would have thought if I were in their position. The evidence was clearly right in front of everyone.However, that wasn't what happened here. I didn't mean to kill her. It was purely an accident. I could have easily been the one to die instead of her. It was only through sheer luck that she ended up suffering the fall and taking a knife to the stomach.