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Chapter 14
DAHLIA :
“Mimi! Mimi! Look she is awake!”
“You’re right! Can you see us? Please, tell us, you see us.”
Two voices rushed to my ears the moment I woke up, exhausted. It has been days or two weeks maybe three since I lost my virginity and we have been doing it everyday, several times. He had great stamina. The Duke didn’t joke about his energy and the servant who warned me didn’t joke either. He did sex with his slaves until they couldn’t open their eyes.
I had two spectres over my head but my experience with the Lingering still present made me immune to fear over ghosts. One was cold and mysterious with dull eyes. The other one was bright and energetic. However, the voices unmistakably belonged to teen girls. Were they dead? My senses gradually returned to me as my body fought against numbness. The best course of actions was to sleep again until the ghosts went away; I didn’t want to be stuck with another weirdo, the Duke was enou
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