The sound came right after, loud, the metal against the floor followed by the porcelain shattering, breaking into uneven pieces that slid across the polished marble, while the liquid spread and filled the spaces between the cracks.And yet, none of that seemed like the most important thing.Because her face revealed more.Her eyes were still locked on Maximuss, wide in a way that didn't match the control she always maintained, her expression frozen somewhere between disbelief and something deeper, older. It wasn't just surprise. It was fear, and not a recent fear, but the kind that had existed long before that encounter ever happened.Everyone turned.Rose was still standing there, her empty hands slightly raised, as if she hadn't processed what she had just done.Rose blinked a few times, as if trying to return to her own body, her gaze still fixed on Maximuss before finally breaking away, and then she seemed to remember where she was, who she was with. “I'm sorry... I... I'm so sorr
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