_âFear, truly, is not something to be frightened of. Fear warns you if something is not safe; Fear feeds your adrenaline when you must run.â_
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_YANT_
I did not go down to dinner.
After what that servant told me, I donât think Iâll be able to get out of bed any time soon. Levan left me as well, following the same servant as they led him to the guardâs quarters. So itâs dark in my...
_âA parentâs respect is like having all the riches in the world. Without it, you feel as poor as dirt.â_
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**Three Months EarlierâŚ**
_RUMANDAD_
Today is my Rising Ceremony. The day where I rise from a dainty damsel into a warrior woman to stand beside my eldest sister during her new rule in the coming years. With my practice sword in hand and my long hair tied at the back of my ne...
_âCurse me! Curse me! For I am born this way. I shall laugh myself silly of your scorn!â_
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**EarlierâŚ**
_VENUS_
The man does not scream, he does not cry, he stares at me instead, a delighted look in his eyes when my Command does not work.
âHeâs a Heart, a Ten of Hearts at that, so why isnât it working, brother?âMy sister, one of the twins as the other is stuffing herself full of...