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CHAPTER 28: Dinner Party
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Clutching the hem of her silken red and golden sleepwear, Shia walked briskly towards the dining area where she was positive that she could find the very man or monster that she was looking for. She walked head on as Langrey trailed behind her with his shouts.
Even when he pleaded, she did not stop at all for Langrey’s questions. It seems she could not hear anything outside her intent to hurt and her seething rage. She only stopped abruptly and involuntarily when the prince clung to her arm and spun her wildly around.
“Shia, this is enough! Do you really want to go in there in that state? Don’t let your anger cloud your judgement!”
She yanked her hand away from his grasp and began walking again.
Frankly, she did not care if she looked badly bruised all over or if she was underdressed for the occasion. Proper decorum had long since gone out the window for Shia the moment she learned that the creature who had hurt her was moving somewhere else in
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