isa
o my cheeks as I hurried along the damp sto
ust collided with still clung to my cloak, but my mind was too
imber door open and
e hearth. The moment she saw me, she rushed over to
y the Clan Lord brought a female general back and wants to make her his equal. How cou
stel silk gowns-clothes Clan Parrish had specifically chosen to
opped to my knees, reached into the deepest corner u
creaked open, releasing the familiar, m
top item-a scorched, bloodstained mithril crest be
roperty deeds and a tarnished silver
he pale glow of the moonst
yssal Rift. They were the proudest First-Tier Warlords of this kingdom
htmare didn
t a rogue pack of Abyssal assassins slipped past th
secret rune-cellar beneath the floorboards just before
f flesh being torn apart. They butchered my mother,
wo-year-old nephew's blood seeped through the floorboards and dri
harity. They claimed they were honoring my father's heroic memory
harity. They took me in solely to siphon off the massive Silverdew death compensations my fath
. The agonizing grief that used to choke
ers," I said, my voice co
he hidden wall compartment, and pu
ws of ink recording thousands of phials of Silverdew
all supplies of refined Silverdew to
vindication lit up her face. "Good! Let th
e Blood-Tempering Elixirs for Dowager Lady Beulah? Without your seal, the Apothecary Temp
ledger shut wi
heir glorious new g
dy! I will inform the apothecary and
n the hallway outside, followed by a shar
ger Lady is furious about what you did in the grand ha
ithril crest. The old woman clearly couldn't swallow th
you into accepting that woman," Molly whispered, s
ve and stood up straight, my green eyes flashing with a predatory
ed guard, and walked briskly along the suspende
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