Flora's POV:

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Everything had happened so fast. I had randomly dropped a name and didn't have time to warn Joanna about what was happening. I hadn't expected Rufus to be so serious about it. It seemed that he truly wanted to know every detail about Crystal.

If Joanna's story didn't match mine, I would be doomed. Rufus would definitely be furious. It was rumored that he dealt with traitors by hanging them outside the city wall and letting them slowly die in the heat o the sun.

I had lied to the king, which meant that I'd committed treason. As this thought crossed my mind, the hair on the back of my neck stood up, and I almost couldn't hold back my tears. This was so terrible. If I died, what would happen to Lucas? And Warren would be so devastated that he might commit suicide. Our happy family would be destroyed.

Rufus

I instantly clamped my hand over my mouth. My entire body was shaking with fear and even my teeth were chattering. I hadn't expected Rufus

I could only wait for Joanna to come and settle

She arrived soon enough.

was so terrifying that no words came out of my mouth. Instead, I desperately winked in her direction. However, when she walked in, her eyes remained fixed straight ahead, and she saluted Rufus without sparing me a

of a breakdown. We would both

arrived. Instead, he gently began inquiring about the past when she dressed as a

that person, so they abandoned me in the snow to die. I was saved by a black witch, Noreen, who trained me to become a killer. When I came of age, she ordered me to disguise myself as a man and sneak into the imperial palace to assassinate the former king. However, the mission failed because I couldn't bring myself to do

Noreen had used her as a pawn. I never knew that she had been abandoned

in thought. After several minutes, he said, "I've heard about this matter from my mother, and a record in the files also exists.

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