Maya's POV:

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Thankfully, nothing happened the following day. Then Harry, who was gone for two days, suddenly turned up near the palace again. He looked ghastly pale and haggard. Rumors in the palace had that Sylvia would use Joanna as a scapegoat.

This would ultimately put Harry and Sylvia's friendship at stake.

I told the guards to keep an eye on Harry and not let him in.

Meanwhile, Sylvia spent the entire day in her room. Even though she wasn't particularly hungry, she gobbled up a bunch of chicken wings. She ate them while watching a movie and soon the bones had already filled a small bucket. Compared with yesterday's restlessness, Sylvia was in better spirits today.

Rufus must have comforted her last night.

clear my head and settle my stomach.

very remote, and behind it was a forest. Unless some prisoners were being secretly escorted to somewhere else, relatively few people would normally pass

time and learned that it was nine o'clock in the evening. It was time for Sylvia to drink her milk. So I hastily returned to the palace and brought

was wearing a loose-fitting white nightgown that accentuated her pregnant belly, and her longhair cascaded down over her

quietly, set the milk down, and said softly, "Miss Todd, if you are tired, why don't you sleep on

slowly opened her eyes and yawned. "Okay. Put the milk here and I'll drink later. Rufus will not be home until very late tonight. He has

Miss Todd," I replied respectfully and

changed into light and comfortable clothes that were convenient for walking. After hearing Sylvia said that Rufus had something important to deal with tonight, I figured he would usher the two fugitives out

prisoners being held in the car outside the secret prison's entrance by Rufus'

managed to sneak the detainees out of the palace through a hidden

a very remote place. Both prisoners' mouths were

took cover under a large tree

prisoners struggled frantically, as if they knew

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