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14

ASTRID

I stood there, frozen. There was no getting out of it this time. This only meant trouble, one I couldn't be too sure I would be able to get out of.

My heart kept pounding in my chest as I watched her watch me. She kept her eyes on me, raking me all over and it took all of my willpower not to shift my weight from one foot to another but I knew just how guilty that would make me look.

After a prolonged silence, she finally spoke. “Did the doctor give you anything for your injury and the pain?”

I sighed in relief. I hadn't been caught after all and the sinister smile had been something akin to… concern?

I nodded hastily, knowing my silence could be misinterpreted for something else. She nodded and went her way.

A small smile grew on my face. She hadn't questioned why I was in the house and no one knew what I had gone to do. I couldn't care less about the pain in my back at the very moment, all that mattered was the book currently hidden in the folds of my clothes. I could only
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