The footsteps behind me stopped me from making that jump that would have taken me to my desired freedom. “Xena," my mother's voice called out, her tone a mix of concern and authority that only a queen could muster.I turned slowly, startled that she had found me "Mother," I replied, trying to mask my surprise. "I was just...""Running away," she finished for me, “Very interesting, isn't it?”There was a cold judgement in her voice that had me hanging my voice in shame - but not enough to dim the resolve within me.“How did you know?”“I'm the queen, Xena.” She said walking closer with a smile on her face, “nothing happens in the demon realm and escapes my watch.”Her words sent a chill down my spine, and I said nothing.“Besides, it's my job to know, especially when my only daughter is on the brink of making a grace mistake.”A grave mistake.Of course.I was expecting those words from her especially since those were the same words she uttered the first to fifth time I tried to reaso
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