MARAThe voice hit me like a punch to the gut. It was soft, inviting, and brimming with a kindness I hadn’t felt in years. When I turned slowly, my heart pounding, she was there. Vespera. My cleaner. My saviour. The woman who had burst into my room on that terrible night—the night Kael and Lola had tried to break me. She looked older now, her dark hair streaked with grey, her face etched with the lines of hardship. But her eyes were the same—kind, steady, and filled with a quiet strength.“Vespera,” I murmured, my voice trembling. “What… what are you doing here?”She stepped closer, her hands clasped in front of her, her expression a mix of relief and sorrow. In a steady, low voice, she said, “After that night, after you ran away, your father, Kalen, made a decree. He declared that no harm should come to me. He said that if anyone hurt me, during his life or after his death, they would be cursed. He called me your rescuer, Mara. In Kael’s eyes, that was my crime. That’s why he despi
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