nieye
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When Mia, the head maid, arrived early that morning, Livi had just woken up and was washing her hands in the basin. She instructed Mia to wait outside, then dried her face and draped a shawl over her chemise. When Mia finally entered the room, she stood with her hands folded respectfully before her. “The master shall depart for the campaign soon.” “Campaign?” “Yes. It’s an expedition to clear out the remnants of the Roben forces who attacked under the Radetz mountain…- 246.2 K • Ongoing
- They rode the horse back in silence, and Dominic led her back all the way back to her chambers. The maids rushed over, exclaiming at the sight of her soiled dress and disheveled state, but Livi didn’t have the strength to make up an excuse. After dismissing the maids, the pounding in her chest faded into an eerie stillness. The quiet seemed to seep into her body, hollowing her out from the inside. She sat on the edge of the bed, then suddenly shot back up. The silence was unbearable. Grabbing…
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- At first, she thought her eyes were deceiving her, but no. The figure swaying against the gray stone wall was unmistakably human. A body that had to have been dead for days. Suddenly, the maid’s words flashed through her mind: — You can see it hanging on the east wall, madam. “I thought you might want a look.” “Wha…” “So? Is it just like you imagined?” Each gust of wind made the corpse sway slightly. It almost looked alive. Like it was bleeding and suffering. Look.…
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- Dominic’s presence was like a transparent shield around her. He left her exposed before every humiliation beyond it, yet the moment someone tried to lay a hand on her, he turned vicious. It was maddeningly contradictory. “Why…?” “Why what?” Dominic caught the whisper that slipped from her lips. “Why go through all this trouble? What do you gain from it?” He palmed her cheek. The gray eyes that met hers held no warmth. No trace of affection, not even life. Anyone who believed…
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“Their wedding’s just around the corner, and the two of them are still so cold toward each other.” Said one of the maids as she stripped the pillowcases. Her name was Donea, a veteran who had worked in the imperial palace for eight years. “They’re getting married?” Annie, one of the newer maids, gasped in surprise. She’d previously worked in the kitchens and hadn’t yet caught up with the palace’s latest gossip. “The ceremony’s in two weeks.” “Oh my… I had no idea.…- 115.9 K • Ongoing
- It was Johan’s nanny that was murdered. Since the papers only listed her as “Elendorian” without releasing any personal details, the people of Elendor grew furious. They cried for vengeance against Atlan. Given the current state of relations between the two nations, people had already made up their minds about the culprit being an Atlanian citizen. Many newspapers declared it outright. Esha’s hands shook as she turned the page. With just a single line in the paper reporting the Elendorian…
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- The night was deathly still. Heavy fog clung to the air so thick that even the shape of the moon looked foreign. Esha stood at the foot of the West Palace’s rear gate, the hood of her cloak pulled over her head as she waited for Johan. A little further ahead, her maid kept watch, her face tight with anxiety. “Princess, he’s here…!” the maid whispered. Far down the path, a carriage emerged from the gloom, its wheels rolling swiftly across the damp earth. Only then did Esha let out a…
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- It took a considerable amount of time to send a letter to Johan’s uncle and arrange a meeting with his nanny. With tensions between the two nations running high, the border checkpoints were heavily guarded, and even a single letter took over a week to reach its destination. Even so, Esha fought and struggled tirelessly to keep her promise. “At midnight, you need to leave through the back gate of the West Palace. There’ll be a carriage waiting for you.” “Yes.” Johan gave a solemn…
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- “…” Esha kept her lips tightly pressed together. Even if she had ten mouths, she’d have nothing to say in her defense. “The rumors, are they true?” “…No.” “No? Then what is it? How can you fail to win over a little boy? Is it because you lack the charm of a woman?” “….” Edmund let out a long, tired sigh. When he finally dismissed her from his presence, Esha fled the drawing room like a prisoner escaping a cell. ‘I need to talk to Johan.’ Since that…
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- Unwrapping the bandage had been easy, but rewrapping it was a different story. Livi struggled to wind it around the back of her neck, only to get her hair tangled in it again and again. She had to undo and redo it over and over, until her body was soaked in sweat, rendering her earlier bath pointless. Time slipped by, wasted. “Why is this so damn difficult…” “I figured you weren’t planning on coming down.” Livi was so focused on wrestling with the bandage, she didn’t notice the…
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