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She set down what she was holding and looked up. Her eyes were clear as glass–seeing him, yet somehow not seeing him at all.

Suppressing the unease that stabbed through him, Henry frowned. “When we used to eat together, you never read over materials. But now, whenever we’re alone, you’re always busy. I can’t even get a word in.”

“…Alright.”

Aubrey obediently set aside her papers. She could have added, This is a crucial stage, or These things matter too much right now. Any explanation at all would have eased him. But she didn’t.

After saying just that one word, she lowered her head and quietly ate.

Her cool, indifferent manner made the irritation in Henry’s chest impossible to suppress. His brows knit sharply, his tone breaking into anger.

“You’re distancing yourself from me, aren’t you?”

Aubrey blinked, taken aback.

“Ever since the second stage trial succeeded, you’ve been pulling away. At the very least, you should tell me what I’ve done wrong!”

it in this long had already

of anger with an almost chilling calm.


“No.”

her voice steady.

“Not?!”

burned hotter, his voice rising. “When you were with me

lightest coaxing before curling up obediently in his arms. But now–even when sitting,

and looked at him with clear

aren’t you being a little

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Herself Like an

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“Aubrey!”


his feet, sparks flaring in his eyes, ready

back

I think you need to calm

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explanation meant touching the truth of her rebirth, reopening old wounds she had

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