“Okay, Boss” she muttered, the sarcasm a quiet defense mechanism. Then her eyes widened upon realization. “I don't know where your room is!”The words were spoken into empty air. Khaid was already gone, his heavy footsteps retreating up the stairs. She looked down at the ceramic bottle of dark, aromatic liquid. She had just been granted access to the one area of the fortress no one, not a mistress, not even Agnes, based on the rigid protocols has ever breached. The Master Suite.Taking a deep breath, she picked up the bottle and left the kitchen. She navigated the Central Wing, following the general direction of his footsteps until she reached a set of double doors guarded by a discrete, flickering biometric scanner. This had to be it.She paused, looking at the door. Her hands were clean, the bottle warm, the intent purely medicinal. Yet, the act felt like an intrusion of the most profound kind. She pressed the faint intercom button.A moment later, Kael’s voice, flat and mechanical,
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