Maya's Pov The door clicked softly behind me as I slipped out of Nico’s room, my heartbeat still shaky from everything that had just happened. My hand throbbed in a steady, painful flow beneath the piece of torn nightgown I had wrapped around it. I kept telling myself the pain wasn’t important, I would easily cover it up. But as soon as I stepped into the hallway, I froze.The butler was standing right there. He stood quietly in the dim corridor, he locked eyes with me for a few seconds and soon his eyes dropped to my wrapped, bloody hand, then drifting to the slightly ajar door behind me. For a second, I felt confused, I didn't know whether I was supposed to tell him about the incident or just let the poor boy to be.He held my gaze for a moment longer, and then he gave me the smallest, most subtle nod. More like ..… acknowledgement. A silent promise that what he saw, what he suspected, would remain with him.Before I could say anything to him, he turned away and walked off, his s
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