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My carriage arrived inside Ash Pack and I stepped out with Blue beside me, feeling it at once. The difference in the air. The changes. The simmering hostility.
Shrugging it off, I walked into my bedchamber, only to meet Jurrek rushing from the hall to greet me. I ignored him and went inside.
Isolde hurried after me and bowed low.
“My lady, your aunt came last night. She has been… blunt with her words.”
I sighed shakily at that and turned toward the fractured mirror resting on my dresser. Now I was more afraid than ever to look into it and check on Varyn. What if I saw him tortured next?
I bit my lip, looking away, just as the door opened softly and another maid entered.
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