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Reborn Luna’s Vengeance HD SM
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00:02when i bowed before the alpha my sash snapped my undergarments my chest exposed in front of
00:08everyone my birth parents had just found me brought me home to compete with my adopted
00:13sister alice for the alpha's bond before we left mother fixed my collar then quietly pulled a
00:18thread from my sash indecent shameless alice swept off her jacket and draped it over my shoulders
00:27everyone praised her the alpha chose her i knelt before my parents when we got home
00:32swore it wasn't intentional they didn't believe me father scoffed you pulled that stunt for attention
00:39you disgraced this family and now you want to blame someone else mother sighed you lost a bond
00:45that's all don't be so dramatic alice married the alpha in glory i was exiled to the frost border
00:51and i died there frozen before i took my last breath i found out mother hadn't pulled that
00:56thread she had cut it on purpose then i was reborn mother smiled and reached for my sash let me
01:04tighten
01:05this we can't have you embarrassing yourself her fingers slipped toward her sleeve a blade that
01:11blade i knew it the one that ruined my life the first time i could still feel the frost border
01:16kneeling in the snow freezing alice standing over me in her fur coat eva all i told mother was i
01:23was
01:23afraid you'd outrank me i never imagined she'd go that far the cold never left me i stared at her
01:30soft well-kept hands my heart hammered she was still smiling the blade already out moving toward my sash
01:39i let my knees buckle threw myself forward straight into her she didn't see it coming her hand jerked
01:45the blade cut through the air and caught the back of her own hand the blade clattered to the floor
01:50ailie stood nearby waiting for the show she wore a gown of shimmering silk custom made by mother
01:55her sash tied perfectly before she could react my fingers found her sash one quick pull
01:59it came loose i straightened up fast and put on my most panicked face
02:06mother are you all right i'm so sorry i slipped hissing through her teeth clumsy girl we're about to
02:13walk into the alpha's estate and you can't even stand on your own two feet
02:19alice stepped forward with a handkerchief and dabbed at the wound she shot me a look of pure
02:24contempt then turned on the sympathy don't be too hard on her mother she was raised in a backwater
02:29farming pack she's just not used to all this father stood in the doorway hands clasped behind
02:35his back he checked the hourglass frowned enough do you have any idea what it means to keep the
02:40alpha waiting he didn't glance at me once his eyes went straight to alice soft you look beautiful today
02:46alice dignified keep an eye on your sister when we arrive don't let her embarrass this family
02:53of course father i'll take good care of her she lifted her chin like she'd already won
02:57i kept my eyes down and smiled
03:02mother's hand was still bleeding the handkerchief had soaked through but we were running out of time
03:06and she never got around to my sash instead she reached for a velvet box
03:10alice this is the hale family heirloom priceless
03:14she lifted out a necklace crystals catching the light and clasped it around alice's neck herself
03:19thank you mother i'll wear it with honor i stood to the side empty-handed nothing around my waist
03:25but a plain white ribbon mother seemed to remember i existed she rummaged through a corner drawer and
03:29pulled out a fistful of hair prints old ones most of them the gold paint was already flaking off
03:34here eva put these on don't go saying i play favorites your dress is so plain anyway these will match
03:40just
03:41fine she dropped them into my hand without even checking if they'd work father watched from across
03:45the room not a word of objection he nodded alice was raised with us she has refinement grace the
03:53air bloom suits her eva spent years in the farming pack putting something fine on her would just look
03:58out of place i squeezed those cheap pins is my fist until the metal bit into my palm the farming
04:04pack why
04:05was i even there because when my parents were running from their enemies i was dead weight so they left
04:09me
04:09behind they only brought me back because the alpha came calling his family had an old betrothal
04:15agreement the firstborn hale daughter alice was beloved but on paper she was adopted they needed
04:21me just long enough to put alice in the alpha's bed i never understood in my last life how my
04:25own
04:26parents could do this to me not until the very end dying at the frost border two guards stood nearby
04:30talking they didn't know i could still hear them hale is cold-blooded leaving his own flesh and blood
04:35here to die all for some adopted girl that's his mistress's daughter his actual blood his wife found
04:41out years ago and she brought the girl home called her adopted then spent every year since grinding
04:46the real daughter into the dirt so that was the truth mother sacrificed her own child to keep her
04:55husband father looked at me and saw nothing worth keeping i crushed those pins in my hand and let them
05:00bend right in front of me alice on mother's arm father looking on with nothing but warmth a
05:05perfect happy family and then there was me father mother we should go father's eyes cut to me
05:14nobody asked you to hurry us along have some manners when you're in front of the alpha keep your mouth
05:20shut watch alice follow her lead if you ruin this i will have you sent to the frost border myself
05:27i said
05:28nothing the frost border i'd already been there already knelt in that snow until i couldn't feel my legs
05:32threats lose their edge the second time around the carriage rolled toward the alpha's estate
05:37it was not a quiet ride alice had taken the best seat she kept touching the necklace turning the
05:43crystals in the light admiring her own reflection the alpha's head steward zoe was riding with us
05:48officially she was there to attend to us in reality she was watching taking stock of who we were alice
05:54didn't
05:54seem to notice or care zoe what do you think of the necklace mother had it set aside just for
06:00me
06:01zoe said nothing she was pale an unhand pressed to her temple jaw tight i recognized it immediately
06:06in my last life alice had done the same thing talked the whole ride over loud and relentless but she'd
06:12gotten lucky by the time we arrived mrs walker's migraines had flared up and alice had been ready
06:19she'd stolen my remedy formula months earlier passed it off as her own mrs walker loved me this time alice
06:25wasn't getting that chance
06:29i reached into my sleeve and pulled out a small lacquered box inside were a few dark brown pellets
06:35a remedy i'd learned from an old farmer back in the farming pack i held them out to zoe you
06:40don't
06:40look well these are cooling relief pellets my own formula let one dissolve under your tongue it should
06:47help alice's head snapped toward me excuse me what is that supposed to be you're gonna feed her some
06:53backwater remedy you cooked up in a barn zoe had been on the edge of nausea the whole ride that
06:57shriek
06:58nearly pushed her over she shot alice one withering look then turned back to me her nose twitched a faint
07:04drift of mint and aged wood had already begun to fill the carriage cutting through the stuffy heat
07:08she took the pellets placed one under her tongue within moments the tension left her face
07:15she exhaled long and slow color crept back into her cheeks where did you learn that eva from a
07:22healer i shook my head heat stroke was common on the farm you learn what works nothing impressive
07:27i'm afraid zoe smiled if this is nothing impressive our pack healer back at the estate
07:33should be embarrassed alice twisted her handkerchief in her lap my seamless searing nest
07:39she just got lucky zoe didn't even look at her mrs walker values silence she has no patience for
07:45noise that shut alice up zoe worded her voice and turned to me today the alpha will also be present
07:50he runs cold he has no interest in women who perform for attention and mrs walker she judges character
07:56above everything else she has no respect for women who use their looks as currency i'll keep that in mind
08:02thank you zoe the carriage slowed we had arrived
08:15the moment alice stepped out every head turned that shimmering silk caught the sunlight like it was
08:20made for exactly this moment is that alice hale she's stunning the whispers rippled through the crowd
08:26alice soaked up every word she glanced back at me slow deliberate a smirk i was wearing a simple
08:32white dress standing next to her i looked like her handmaid i wasn't worried the best part of any
08:37trap is the waiting the banquet began alice moved straight to the harp and played for mrs walker she
08:44was good and she knew it mrs walker gave a small measured nod that was enough for alice she floated
08:51off the stage spotted me at the edge of the room and made her way over wine glass in hand
08:55eva
08:57stop hiding in the corner come toast the ladies with me i knew exactly what she was about to do
09:04last time she had stumbled right here or pretended to she'd thrown wine all over me dragged me down
09:10with her and my sash had snapped on the way down same setup same smile samey two steps away oh
09:15eva watch
09:16out she lurched toward me i stepped aside she caught nothing but air the momentum took her straight down
09:21hard onto both knees and the sash i had loosened back at the house the one she never noticed
09:27finally gave way that beautiful shimmering skirt slid straight down all the way to her ankles beneath it
09:33a pair of pink underwear embroidered with little devil motifs in plain view of everyone the entire
09:39room went silent alice froze she felt the cold air first then she looked down and screamed chaos erupted
09:48women screamed but above it all i felt it a gaze heavy cold from the shadow of the second floor
09:55balcony he was watching
10:03alice scrambled to grab her skirt wine splashed up across her underwear if it could have gotten worse
10:10it just did the ladies around her recoiled fans raised faces turned away mrs walker's expression went stone
10:15cold what exactly does the hal family teach their daughters i was already moving i picked up an outer
10:21jacket and draped it around alice's shoulders before she could catch her breath oh sweetheart how did this
10:25happen i thought the kind that says i love you but i told you so i warned you about this
10:31dress the fit was
10:32too tight i said it would give way but you wanted the silhouette and now look alice looked up at
10:40me pure venom
10:42you did this i know it was you i blinked spread my hands wide alice i was across the room
10:47everyone
10:48saw you walk over everyone saw you fall the women around us were already nodding she made a spectacle
10:52of herself for attention and now she wants to pin it on her sister lovely upbringing alice had nothing
10:58left to say she covered her face and wept
11:05the room dissolved into chaos maids swarmed alice and rushed her off to change the commotion had done
11:10exactly what i expected mrs walker's migraine had returned she sat with two fingers pressed to her
11:15temple face drained of color that is when lady allen appeared a family friend of the hails father had
11:22personally asked her to smooth things over for alice today please don't be upset mrs walker
11:28i'm sure the dress was simply ill-fitted alice actually brought a gift for you today
11:35why don't we have her present it now as an apology alice came back red-eyed but she straightened up
11:41at
11:41that she snapped her fingers and a maid brought out the gift box i already knew what was inside i
11:46knew
11:46this family too well whatever it was it would be extravagant and entirely wrong they measured
11:51worth in gold and gemstones they assumed everyone else did too what they didn't understand about mrs walker
11:56a woman who had lived in wealth her entire life was that nothing irritated her more than excess for
12:01the sake of it alice lifted the lid with a flourish mrs walker this is a ruby crystal crown custom
12:09crafted
12:09just for you the artisans worked through the night for an entire month mrs walker stared at it
12:16you had craftsmen lose sleep for a month over something completely useless what a waste of
12:22people alice's confidence collapsed she sank to her knees trembling mrs walker pressed her hand harder
12:28to her temple and said nothing i only wanted to show you how much the silence stretched i stepped forward
12:33quietly mrs walker if you'll allow me i may be able to help with the headache she looked at me
12:40skeptical you practice medicine just some calming herbs something i picked up along the way
12:48i lit one end of the incense powder and set it on the table beside her the scent unfurled slowly
12:53delicate cool herbal mrs walker drew a breath the pain didn't vanish but it pulled back enough to
12:58breathe enough to relax the furrow between her brows that's lovely what is it i heard you've suffered with
13:03headaches for years i brought this back from the farm it's what i always used nothing fancy but it
13:09works mrs walker nodded slowly the way she looked at me had changed you're a thoughtful girl out of
13:15the corner of my eye a tall figure had stopped at the moon gate at the edge of the garden
13:19still watching
13:20that had to be nathan the alpha himself alice was still on her knees behind me eyes fixed on my
13:25back
13:25like two burning coals lady allen whispered something to mrs walker who finally waved a hand
13:30alice could get up she was directed to a seat in the corner by the middle of the banquet mrs
13:34walker had
13:35my hand in hers asking about my life my interests what i like to eat she was already looking at
13:40maliki a daughter-in-law she called over a maid to bring me a better pour of wine the maid
13:45crossed the
13:45room and stumbled just slightly just enough to splash wine across my sleeve my sincerest apologies miss
13:51eva clumsy fool get out of my sight the maid scurried off head bowed and as she passed alice their
13:56eyes
13:57met quick deliberate the next second my necklace my necklace is gone the family heirloom mother's
14:06necklace where is it
14:10every head in the room turned mrs walker's expression soured stop shrieking if it's lost
14:17have someone look for it alice turned to me tears already forming just now eva was the closest one to
14:24me could it be that she she let the sentence hang lady allen stepped in right on cue if something
14:31valuable has gone missing perhaps we should search everyone present it would clear eva's name if
14:38nothing else i held out both arms by all means search me i won't have anyone saying i put myself
14:46above my own sister a flicker of satisfaction crossed alice's face she nodded to the maid the same
14:51one who had spilled the wine to come forward and search me the maid ran her hands along my sides
14:55patted down my sleeves then reached into my inner sleeve pocket she pulled something out the room
14:59leaned in it wasn't the necklace it was a man's handkerchief deep blue silk embroidered with cloud
15:04patterns the room erupted a lice pressed a hand to her mouth eva do you have a secret lover our
15:10family
15:11holds a bedrothal with the alpha do you understand what this means a man's hand to catch his most personal
15:16item if father finds out you'll hang for this eva i would not have expected this of you the ladies
15:25around me had already begun to whisper eyes sharp heads shaking ailey snatched the handkerchief wait
15:30there's writing on it she snapped it open and read aloud i want to be tangled with you on every
15:38night
15:39the full moon rises she looked up at me triumphant waiting for me to crumble to drop to my knees
15:44and to
15:45beg i stood exactly where i was calm that's quite a performance alice but you've overplayed it
15:54i turned to face her since when do you have the gift of prophecy alice she went what i don't
16:00know
16:00what you're talking about the handkerchief was folded the writing was on the inside completely hidden
16:06so how did you know there were words on it before anyone unfolded it did you write them yourself or
16:12did
16:12you prepare this whole thing in advance alice's face went rigid her pupils shrank a bead of sweat
16:18traced down her temple i i nothing came out and you we both know you slipped that handkerchief into
16:25my sleeve yourself so let's skip the act who do you belong to where did you get it who told
16:30you to
16:30plant it she had already collapsed to the floor she looked up and her eyes went straight to alice alice's
16:36composure shattered don't look at me your hands are dirty not mine then a voice cut through the
16:42room from the doorway low unhurried absolute something went missing from my stables a few
16:47days ago so that's where it ended up the entire room turned nathan walked in like the air itself had
16:53decided to move out of his way he stopped beside me read my words embroidered in my hand tell me
17:00miss alice
17:00how exactly did you come to recognize them alice's knees gave out she caught herself on the edge of
17:08a chair you bribed a servant in my own estate you stole my personal propriety and you used it to
17:14frame
17:14my guest nathan said it quietly that made it worse alice opened her mouth closed it there was nothing to
17:20say mrs walker rose from her seat her whole body shaking and slammed her palm on the table she ran
17:26her
17:26schemes all the way up to the alpha himself the audacity someone deal with her but two older women
17:32moved in fast they grabbed alice by the shoulders and didn't hold back the sound of it echoed through
17:37the hall by the third strike alice's face had begun to swell blood at the corner of her mouth hair
17:42coming undone she was sobbing gasping calling for her parents i watched without moving for the first
17:48time it felt satisfying nathan glanced sideways at me just for a moment i inclined my head
17:54my respects alpha thank you for clearing my name what had started as a proper banquet had been
17:59reduced to rubble when it was finally over mrs walker took my hand in both of hers and walked
18:04me to the entrance herself apologizing the whole way making sure everyone saw the message was
18:09unmistakable we're now circling back all warmth and flattery funny how quickly the room turns when
18:14the alpha's mother is holding your hand i settled into the carriage and glanced at alice her face was
18:22swollen on both sides she glared at me from her corner one hand pressed to her cheek somehow my
18:27parents had already heard they were both in the carriage father sat with his chest heaving jaw set
18:31saying nothing mother was dabbing ointment on alice's face tears streaming down her own
18:37you're a curse on this family wasn't it enough did you have to destroy your own sister you knew what
18:42she was doing why didn't you say something earlier instead of letting the whole family be humiliated
18:46i leaned back against the carriage wall and closed my eyes that's interesting mother when alice was
18:52planting stolen evidence on me did she stop to think of me as family if that accusation had stuck
18:57it would have been the hall name dragged through the dirt not just mine father's hand shut up i turned
19:02my head his palm cut through empty air he held it there for a moment suspended then dropped it and
19:07looked
19:07away we'll deal with you at home the carriage then it started moving along the road had narrowed the
19:14turns were sharper we were climbing cliffs on one side a sheer drop on the other the horses screamed
19:19something had spooked them or worse and suddenly they were bolting the whole script no control
19:24what's happening stop the carriage someone stop it alice was thrown sideways tumbling across the carriage
19:30floor screaming i grabbed the window frame and held on the driver was gone jumped or thrown either
19:35way no one was at the reins my stomach dropped and not from the road this hadn't happened in my
19:40last
19:40life they were moving faster than i'd expected i'd rattled them today and they were improvising
19:48the horse had been drugged i was certain of it a staged accident a body at the bottom of a
19:54cliff
19:54but something didn't add up father valued his own life above everything so did mother so did alice
20:01known of them would ride this carriage off a cliff unless they had a way out
20:04then i saw it father had already pulled alice and mother close his hand reached beneath the bench
20:10a hidden compartment and came out with thick padded cushions they came prepared the plan wasn't to die
20:17with it the plan was to throw me out and walk away the carriage lurched my grip slipped and i
20:23went
20:23through the door the fall never came an arm caught me mid-air iron solid and pulled me hard against
20:28a chest i knew
20:29that scent before i saw his face the alpha the carriage had ground to a halt behind us
20:35a wolf had come out of the tree line and taken down the horses
20:39besides dropping them to their knees i looked up nathan looked down those dark eyes held mine for a
20:45moment diva it seems there are quite a few people with an interest in your life ending
20:51he set me on my feet and stepped away not far from us the three of them were crawling out
20:57of the wreckage
20:57scraped shaken alive nathan walked to the nearest horse ran a finger along its mouth and brought it
21:05to his nose stimulant poison drives them into a frenzy the horse would have been dead within 10 miles
21:12i stood and watched my parents check themselves over with trembling hands relieved to be breathing
21:17relieved their plan had almost worked whatever had been left whatever small stubborn part of me had
21:22still wanted them to be my family it went quiet for good nathan came back to where i stood and
21:27held out
21:28his hand get in my carriage i'll take you home maybe the carriage accident had simply been too terrifying
21:38three days later the alpha's wedding gifts arrived at the hail house an entire procession through the
21:43front gate boxes carried by uniformed attendants the kind of display the whole street would remember
21:48in my last life this moment had belonged to alice now it was mine
21:52zoe stood in the main hall and read from the gift register item by item
21:56unhurried with every entry alice lost a little more color mother kept shifting in her seat throwing
22:02father-pointed looks he cleared his throat and cut zoe off mid-sentence
22:06zoe regarding this marriage arrangement is there any room for the alpha to reconsider
22:12alice made some mistakes yes but she's accomplished well-bred eva grew up in a backwart farming pack
22:18she doesn't know our ways it's a lot to ask of her carrying the role of luna
22:22perhaps alice could accompany eva to the estate as a companion to the alpha
22:31she could support her sister from within the household
22:35a companion so luna was off the table now they were angling for mistress
22:40samey gold different door get alice inside the estate let her work her way up and find a way to
22:45put me back at the bottom zoe closed the register the look on her face made her opinion plain
22:51if mr hale truly wishes to put that forward alice will need to answer a question first on behalf of
22:56mrs walker if a servant at the alpha's estate is found to be lazy dishonest or worse disloyal to their
23:03master how should they be handled this was her moment forgiveness of course servants are people
23:09too the right approach is patience and reform casting them out would only make the alpha look cold and
23:15unforgiving she glanced at me when she finished satisfied with herself
23:22father nodded along beside her zoe turned to me miss eva your thoughts
23:32disloyalty is not a mistake you forgive once a servant betrays their master they are a liability
23:38not a person to be reformed it doesn't matter how close they are to the alpha himself if they
23:43break faith they go no exceptions how can you be so ruthless these are the alpha's own people
23:52that's exactly what mrs walker wanted to hear that's the kind of luna this pack needs
23:58mrs walker's exact words the second daughter of the hale family is never to set foot inside the
24:03alpha's mistake not once not ever and just like that i walked into the alpha's estate as the one
24:09and only luna dot alice's hatred could have set the house on fire that night she broke everything
24:15she could get her hands on dot bases ceramic jars decorative cakes screaming and screaming and
24:19sobbing until her voice gave out between the crashes peasant worthless enough useless
24:31get a message to mr allen the old duke is looking for a new mate isn't he send alice
24:37i heard about this later mr allen was not simply an older man with a preference for young women
24:42he was past 70 violent by nature at least three women in his household had died under his roof
24:49what i couldn't understand even knowing everything i knew about about my father was
24:52why he would throw his beloved an elder at a place like that there was something he wasn't telling
24:57anyone not yet the day of our bonding ceremony the alpha's estate was lit up from every window
25:05it was exactly grand and notto draw every eye in the region and cover what was happening at the
25:10hill house at the same time a plane carriage slipped out the back while no one was watching
25:14alice was inside dot found gagged with a silencing tonic father had made sure she couldn't make a sound
25:20the official story she'd been sent to the moon temple for reflection the truth she was delivered
25:24to the old duke through her back entrance like something being returned in my last life i was
25:29the one in that carriage i had sat in that dark jolting the paw hand-punched moon
25:34now it was alice
25:40turned i thought of the way she had stood over me in the snow and i felt nothing but cold
25:44satisfaction
25:45your own fears give to you alice i hope you receive it well
25:48the estate gates opened nathan stood in full ceremonial armor torches lining the path behind
25:53him he was always severe that face those eyes dot but in the amber light of the altar something in
25:58him softened just at the edges we completed the bonding ceremony
26:05dot afterward i sat on the edge of the bed gripping the sheets my heart louder than i wanted it
26:09to be
26:11i had clawed my way back to this moment reclaimed everything they had taken from me
26:15stop at this part i had no memory to draw from no experience no knife then looked at me
26:23eva from tonight if the sky falls i'll be the one holding it up you are my only luna
26:30he tipped his head back and drained his cup i watched his throat move
26:35why did you help me because you're sharp and you don't flinch
26:42i don't need someone to stand behind me eva i need someone who can fight beside me
26:49that done till dawn he did sapping down
27:00next morning mrs walker took one look at the shadows under my zan beam
27:05she sat me down lifted a crown from its box and placed it on my head herself
27:12this was mine once it suits you better i heard about alice apparently she's been causing chaos at
27:20the old duke's estate robert allen that man is well she'll survive probably but but it won't be
27:32comfortable i had stopped wondering about alice whatever she was living through it wasn't good
27:38that was enough life inside the estate settle faster than i'd expected i moved through the
27:44household methodically one by one i found the one skimming betraying me and smiling to hide it
27:49i dealt with each of them cleanly dot after that this draft ran like water downhill no one tested me
27:56twice to button nathan been off for several days running gray skies steady rain his study light burned
28:02past midnight he came to meet me or not at all his temper had a shorter fuse than usual when
28:08i brought
28:08food to his study one evening i found him with two fingers pressed to his temple
28:16face the same look i'd seen seen on mrs walker 100 times dot so it ran in the family
28:21this headache that never quite left i went back to my room and opened my remedy books
28:26i adjusted the formula added a measure of sacred pack spring water and spent the better part of
28:31the night stitching a small sleep pillow by hand packing the herbs inside myself
28:35the next afternoon while nathan was out i slipped into his room and swapped his pillow for mine
28:40that night nathan came home late i was already in bed pretending to sleep
28:44half conscious i felt the mattress sink beside me
28:54when i woke the next morning his side of the bed was already empty
28:58from the outer room i heard zoe surprised
29:02alpha you slept in today nathan's voice was unhurried
29:06slept deeply no headache
29:09i smiled to myself the pillow worked at dinner he reached over and placed a piece of fish in my
29:14bowl
29:14the pillow you made it i nodded
29:19he looked at me for a moment something unreadable in his eyes and then the corner of his mouth lifted
29:25the stitching is a bit rough but the scent i like it the stitching was fine he just wouldn't say
29:31what
29:31he actually meant after that the pillow was his alone no one was permitted to touch it he stopped
29:36walking around with that permanent scowl some evenings he'd call me into the study and teach me
29:40calligraphy my characters had always been crooked i grew up on a farm not in a classroom
29:49he'd wrap his hand around meneem guide each stroke his chest against my back
29:53one evening i knocked over the ink he moved without thinking sleeve down to catch it and
29:57the cuff soaked through black i grabbed a cloth and dabbed at it it spread worse
30:04leave it it's just a robe i took it back to my room anyway and stayed up embroidering a cluster
30:09of
30:09valyrian grass over the stain nathan saw it and scoffed how childish then wore that robe every single day
30:21i wasn't looking for news about the hail family it kept arriving anyway alice was miserable at the
30:27duke's estate robert had particular tastes the smallest inconvenience earned a lashing alice was
30:34covered in marks but she was alive running entirely on hatred all of it pointed at me she had found
30:41her
30:41pudding though she gave the duke a tonic called it a stimulant something rare it worked well enough that
30:48he became very attached to her after that i laughed when i heard what it actually was it was the
30:54same
30:54compound used on the first day of the carriage the frenzy drug just watered down enough to make an
30:59old man feel young for an hour he was devoted to her after that but my informant sent different news
31:06alice's people had been quietly buying cinnabar and liquid mercury separately both medicinal dot
31:12combined a lethal poison she wouldn't use it on robert he was her only shield which left one other target
31:20i set the letter down and tapped the table nathan's birthday was the eighth of next month so that was
31:26her move if she wanted to come for me i'd make it very easy for her i called my trusted
31:33mate over
31:33she nodded her and spoke quietly in her ear she nodded once and left
31:38you
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