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my head to look at his face, and his eyes widened. Every instinct screamed at me to back away, but

into a flower pot in the garden. I winced in pain

proaching me. "Do you think I came here to save

out of affection. It was because he'd we

His rejection planted an arrow in my

ously before squatting in front of me, grabbing my hair to force my gaze to his

urred by tears, my lips q

new he was mind-linking someone. It wasn't long before gua

emotionally. The taste of blood in my mouth and the concoc

in castle. A rustle of footsteps nearby alerted me, and I quickly turned

ure, I knew it was a female. "It's me, Lyra," my fellow slave and

ay the pain within me. Lyra was the only maid

at anyone who dared to help me would be accused of pitying me, and Thane

whispering, her tone full

share my humiliation and heartbreak. I didn't

e back to the maids' quarters, away fro

scent of despair mingled with the herbs Lyra used to tend to

r silent comfort even though I couldn't tell her anything. That night,

was jolted awake by cold water dousing

of the head housekeeper, Matilda, echoed throug

for the king's meal," I complained, immediately regretting it as

meal, but it's time for the Luna

on etched deep into my so

wallowed my tears. This was nothing

ilda began, her hands crossed behind her

my situation crashed upon me-I was to serve the woman my mate had married. She held the positio

one sliced through the air, and I stumbled to m

the Luna's quarters, my mind raced with thoughts of the torment awa

rned with lavish decorations and the

smug expression on her face. Her eyes flic