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Chapter 16

Alice’s POV

After three months of training, my body was coped all the pain, that caused by my cruel trainer. Today, he postponed our training, he said he would need something special, but he didn’t tell me what was that. He told this to my father, but the King looked he didn’t want me to know about it. But that was okay. If that was personal for Duke, I respected his privacy. Besides, Even me, I didn't want anyone invade my privacy.

“What was you thinking right now, Alice?” When I heard my mom’s voice, I got back to life.

I shook my head. “Nothing. I was amazed at your talent,” I reasoned. That was true, I was amazed how she can handle this painting. I didn’t have such talent.

She put down the brush and looked at me.

“You wanted to try this? I could find a mentor.”

Duke inserted again in my mind. If my mentor would be like him, I didn’t want to have some. They would be the one who would kill me. They are all terror and cruel.

“You didn’t say a word, that means you didn’