Lysander’s POV“I have never seen your face before,” one of the guards—the hefty one with an ugly scar—said, his eyes narrowing as he stared at us intensely.Earlier, we had quickly managed to join the guards at the gate, and now we were inside the palace. As we made our way toward the route the guards we captured had told us was usually quiet, with fewer guards, we bumped into two guards. Initially, they walked past us, but then they called us back.We remained calm, and I responded, “Actually, we are new guards. Just hired last week.”There was a long pause. His gaze grew more intense, and then—My chest thudded so loudly that I could hear it in my eardrums.Have we been caught?Lucien and I exchanged a quick glance, about to retrieve our daggers, when he and his partner burst into hearty laughter. “I didn’t know they employed twin guards, huh?” He punched our cheeks fondly, one after the other. “You both are so beautiful and young. You don’t even have the features of a guard.” Well
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