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Chapter Thirty-Eight ▏The Princess
Steeling my breath, I brace myself for who’s about to enter. Everything seems to be slowing into a stop, even time itself. From the length of the staircase, I can hear footsteps and scuffles, low muffled groans and hissed commands. My skin drumming with pain, my eyes watering as I keep my gaze fixed on the bottom of the stairs, but I still feel a clear
Two figures come in, shadows at first, elongating with the flickering light of the gas lamps.
The room seems to draw breath when I see that it’s Alistair.
And dragging him into the dungeon is no other than Briar.
“Ah, there you are,” Governor Celso calls out to him gaily. “Bring him here. Right in front of the lady.”
The sheer shock from what I’m witnessing is enough to paralyze me. For a second I’m not entirely sure of what I’m seeing. It’s Briar. Our supposed ally. The one who helped Alistair many times. Yeah, he’s not a good person,
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