Chapter 181

Bella's POVI couldn't stop thinking about Sumi.No matter how many times I tried to convince myself that I was reading too much into what I'd seen in the kitchens, the image returned with startling clarity. I kept seeing her kneeling on the stone floor, gathering scattered onions with trembling hands while apologizing for a mistake that hadn't been hers.It wasn't the apology that haunted me.It was the fear behind it.I had seen frightened people before. Wars, betrayals, and political unrest had taught me that fear wore many faces. But Sumi's fear was unlike any I had encountered. It wasn't directed at a person standing before her. It was as though she carried an invisible enemy with her, one that followed her into every room and whispered that she would never be good enough.By the time evening approached, I knew I could no longer ignore my instincts."Laila."She looked up from the embroidery she had been working on."Yes, Your Majesty?""I want to know everything about Sumi's day

Chapter 182

Theorone's POVThe reports on my desk had barely changed in the last hour.I had.The ink before me blurred into meaningless lines as my thoughts wandered elsewhere, returning again and again to the same problem I had spent days trying to ignore.Sumi.Her presence had altered the rhythm of the palace in ways few people noticed.Servants spoke more softly.Guards lingered longer outside certain corridors.Bella watched people instead of merely speaking to them.She had become observant in a way that made me uneasy.My mate possessed a dangerous gift. She rarely searched for answers directly. Instead, she watched. She listened. She gathered fragments until the truth assembled itself before her without anyone realizing she had been looking.It was the very quality that had made her an exceptional queen.It was also the reason I knew she would never stop until she uncovered whatever shadows followed that woman.A sharp knock interrupted my thoughts."Enter."The door opened almost immedi

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