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Tricks and Truths

Freya's POV

For a moment, I was frozen.

Which was ironic, in a way. I had always thought of Gertrude as cold and immobile, but now I was the one who couldn’t move.

I saw why Gertrude made us run. And the reason only fueled my intense loathing for her even more. How dare she?

And there I was, naively thinking it was her way to help me relax and stave off the gnawing uneasiness back in the cave.

Now that I thought about it, I could see how stupid I sounded.

"Get her some clothes, Tuin," she whispered to the lad that led us in.

My eyes took in my surroundings. The room seemed to blur as I struggled to absorb all that I was seeing.

It was like I had entered a strange still life in black and white, with males, females and pups arranged around the room like living corpses, waiting to die again, their faces thrown into stark contrast by the flash of a lightning bolt through the small windows.

What was this place?

She cleared her throat with a discreet cough, her gaze darting around
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