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7: Wicked human

Author: Ahsia Risan
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Elaine’s POV

My feet felt like lead weights, anchoring me in place as the guard's words washed over me in a bewildering torrent. Disbelief is written all over my face because I could barely hear what he is actually saying.

Accusations, wild and baseless, tumbled from his lips like poisoned daggers, each one stabbing at the fragile fabric of my reality.

Why, in the name of all that is sane, would the maids point their fingers at me, implicating me in the heinous act of regicide? I haven't so much as glimpsed the faces of the majesties, let alone had any interaction with them. Who are they?

As if a mere peasant will be allowed to meet the Alpha King and mother queen. I heard about how powerful they are. No maid is going to be allowed to see them, especially a maid like me that is serving punishment.

So what is this guard saying? Why is he saying it like he rehearsed it?

My existence within these walls is a mere penance, a sentence to be served for a handful of hours before I am perm
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