ra

er my chest. When I saw the crowd outside, and then looked down at the battere

haos. Gale and I had clearly laid this trap to ruin Kara.

y taken down the intruder. However, Gale insists you were secretly mee

, then at Gale. Gale's face was extremely

dull, throbbing ache lingered, and shot a terrified glance at Kara. Of course. Kara was

as merely a daughter of a lowly branch family, clinging to my status by acting as Gale's loyal shadow. If my pu

: swallow my panic, play the helpless victim,

terror and feigned gratitude. "I... I simply came to this room to rest, and i

y dearest cousin hadn't arrived in time and valiantly fought him off, my innocen

s practically dripping with venom,

ng to see, they slowly began to disperse. But looking at the two bright red

ead of handling it discreetly, she led a crowd straight to the inner chambers. If they had

a P

like poisoned darts. "I can't believe she's actually that kind of p

she were about to faint from the sheer,

he had dropped earlier. Then, right in front of everyone, I used it to delicately wipe

ef at her. It fluttered down t

hy," I said, my voic

shed her way through the stunned crowd of nobl

to disperse. Their excited faces promised that the story of Gale'

en my gaze fell back to Lachlan, who was

th. For now. Next

ng Master Ansel Beaumont. Tell him his bastard brother is