Maverick Peterson POVI froze, uncertain about what I should do now. When I told her to rest, I didn't expect her to start screaming at me and crying. It was something so completely unexpected that all I could do was stare at her.'Maverick, you should do something.'Shadow's words were enough to snap me out of my daze, and I hugged her. She stiffened, and I feared she would shove me away. Instead, after a few moments, she started crying again.From the side, I could see and smell how uncomfortable, Sir Kerry was with the whole situation. I signaled for him to wait outside, and he immediately took the chance to leave us.I would have scolded him for abandoning his mistress when it was his duty to protect her if not for the current situation. This is obviously something very private, and I didn't want him to be listening in.'She seems to be under a lot of stress.''I know.'Even though I wanted to comfort her and say none of it was her fault, I knew it wouldn't do any good. She wasn't
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