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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.

undoubtedly Arron

garden at the end of the corridor. Arron liked to hide there

glances and

Fortunately, Arron was okay.

of a sudden,

beat. I rushed to the end of the corridor and yanked the curtains out of the way. A delicate garden came into

looked around and found that Beryl was approaching Arron with a strange-lookingbug in the palm of her

"What are you doing?!"

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 table nearby,

had no time to explain. I turned to

up the bug in her hand. She pursed her lips and

the thought that there might be an evil soul living in this child's body, any semblance of

you holding? What were you going

fear.

palm and burst into tears, crying, "It's a cricket! I just wanted to play with my brother. That's all! Mommy, why are you

you're scaring her." Giving me a warning look, Rufus stopped

tightly, while still

and patted her back to comfort her while she sobbed. My heart ached, but my mind kept telling me that

act created by Noreen.

his arms around my neck and looked at me in confusion. "Beryl was just playing. Besides,

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