Sylvia's POV:

"So we have to be on our guard from now on. Noreen might attack anyone," Rufus warned.

I nodded. "I'll alert Flora and the others later."

Blair sighed, looking exhausted. "Damn Noreen! Why can't she stop creating trouble for just a few days?"

"She is not going to stop any time soon, unless she..." Rufus paused and shot us both a meaningful glance. "Is killed."

Blair's spirits sunk further after hearing this. "In that case, it looks like our only course of action is to accept defeat. Noreen is so cunning and mysterious. Killing her is extremely difficult."

"Don't be afraid. Since we know she wants to set a trap for us, we can beat her at her own game. The worst that can happen is that both sides suffer losses," Rufus commented disapprovingly as he leaned against the sofa.

"All right. I know you will take care of everything. I'm not going to worry about it. Now I'm going back to get my beauty sleep."

and stretched, behaving glibly. Rufus aimed

the army this afternoon, so you won't have time to bother me every day. As it is, you

back in a trance, when I spotted a black bug crawling on his ankle again.

that my mental state had deteriorated considerably

his hand on the door's handle, he turned around and

Rufus pulled me into

and shut the

didn't snap back to reality

my hair and said, "You didn't come here so early to just check on me, did you?

met his eyes in surprise. "How did you

cheek with his slender fingers. "If I can't see when something is bothering you, I would be a fool. Your thoughts are written all over your face, and it's difficult to not read them." I snuggled into his arms with a shy smile and told

for a moment and asked,

Come on!" As I spoke, I picked up a fruit knife from the table

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gently pierced my lower lip. The skin broke and a small drop of blood spilled over. Rufus gently licked the wound on my lip until the bleeding

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