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nd banquet to welcome him home, only to watch him walk in with Birgitta Rush, a female Warlord, her arm wrapped intimat
fungal walls, snickering behind her sleeve. "Thought she was some high-born noble
the stem of my crystal wine goblet
e man I had waited
y, carrying a pathetic sense of disbelief even to my own ears. "Exactly one year ago,
furrowed his brows, a flash of impatience crossing his gra
foul stench of demon blood, looking
by side with me in the mud. We have a soul resonance that a fragile woman l
keep your title as first matron, and you
d in my eyes, and my heart felt like it was
ther's Silverdew to boost your ego? Or for making me work like a mule day and night to
agile and insecure nerves. His face flushe
vibrating through the floorboards. He dropped his voice
hty noble daughter of Clan Richardson?" h
nephew-they perished in the Abyssal hellfire! Their souls were torn apart by demon claws right inside your ancestral manor! You're the only one
a heavy warhammer po
uming my family, ripped through my mind in a frantic, agonizing
hlessly ripping it open in front of a hall full of servants
so hard that I tasted the hd. Looking at Darryl's face, which had become hideous from sheer m
asn't worth a single drop of my tears. My entire yea
ce. She looked straight at me, speaking with a blunt, unapologetic tone. "He needs a real Warlord by his side, but I'm not a jealous woman. I'm total
atch your
enly marched into the hall supported by tw
red Tree Spirit feels so much better! You should be gratefu
re, absurd mockery washed over me, burning
? Felt
e who stayed awake for twenty hours, feeding her the diluted S
Then, I raised my arm and, with violent, resolute f
as
g glass shards and red wine flying everywhere, instantly plunging the
y gaze past Birgitta's shocked fac
was laced with a deadly, freezing calm.
his chest heaving as the reality
etting you bleed my father's legacy dry," I said, staring straight into h
d. We are done, Darryl. Don't
pushed the heavy timber doors open, and stormed out i
he very last tear I had s
rd into a solid wall orom falling backward. A sharp, overwhelming scent of frost, dark p
left finger suddenly burned with an inexplicable, searing
my head, the vibration traveling right through my chest,
ties that I couldn't care less. I didn't look
grip, muttered a low "Thank you,"
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