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Without a moment to lose, Rufus and I rushed to Laura's palace. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Since Ethan's death, Laura had been living alone in a smaller structure in a secluded corner of the garden.

Only a few lanterns were on, and there were no guards patrolling the palace.

It looked oddly quiet from a distance.

I couldn't shake off the bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I couldn't imagine what kinds of horrible things Noreen would do to Arron.

If Laura wasn't on her guard, Noreen could easily fool her.

I stopped in front of the door nervously and reached for the door handle, but Rufus quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me behind him protectively. "Let me do it."

Then with a cold, dark expression, he decisively pushed the door open.

The faint sound of a child's laughter came from the end of the corridor.

was undoubtedly

the end of the corridor. Arron liked to hide there whenever they played

and I exchanged glances

Fortunately, Arron was okay.

sudden,

beat. I rushed to the end of the corridor and

Beryl was approaching Arron with

"What are you doing?!"

and rushed to my son. Without hesitation, I grabbed him and pulled him away from Beryl, checking to see if he was hurt. Laura, who was drinking tea at a small round

to explain. I turned to glare at Beryl

lips and stared

this child's body, any semblance of tenderness in me was destroyed, leaving only a

What were you going

in fear. She held

crying, "It's a cricket! I just wanted to play with my

scaring her." Giving me a warning look, Rufus stopped me from questioning Beryl

Arron tightly, while

back to comfort her while she sobbed. My heart

act created by Noreen.

you get so mad at Beryl?" Arron wrapped his arms around my neck and looked at me in confusion. "Beryl was just playing. Besides, I'm

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