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Chapter Sixty
"Fuck!" I yelled in frustration as I threw yet another folder of files to the ground. "It's been months now, Aleric, and we're still no better off than when we started."
Aleric was seated by the windowsill of our small office area, papers of his own in hand that he'd been reviewing. He seemed used to my small occasional outbursts these days and usually ignored them, but today he just turned his face to me, raising a sole eyebrow as if to silently ask 'really?'.
I buried my face in my hands, utterly exhausted and not needing his further judgment. When was the last time I'd slept peacefully? Before Myra's death?
After Cai was taken in, days had turned into weeks, which had turned into months, all with little change.
My seventeenth birthday had passed without celebration, or even with any sort of acknowledgement. How could I while Cai remained imprisoned when I'd promised to quickly clear his name?
The allegations had ended up being a lot wor
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"...What did you just say?" I asked, my voice thick with disbelief."I said they've declared war," Alexander repeated. "They've said that if we don't release Caius before sunset tomorrow that they will officially announce their intent to bring him home by force."Less than twenty-four hours. I had less than twenty-four hours to free him or we would be initiating a war....And it would be my fault."It's not enough time," I whispered, the panic rising inside me once more. "...It's not enough time... It's not enough time."I took a step backwards as my mind continued to whirl. This was it. Everything had been leading to this moment and it was finally here."Is there anything else I need to know?" Aleric asked him.Alexander frowned as if he'd expected him to have a different reaction. "...No? Just that we received a letter from the Silver Lake just now... —.""You can go then," Aleric interrupted. "Thank you for te
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A loud knocking sounded at my door the following morning, instantly waking me up.It was dark, maybe dim morning light, but definitely earlier than I had expected to be disturbed that day. It was so early that I knew even Lucy wouldn’t have arrived yet.Despite my best efforts, my brain had refused to quieten down after I’d gone to sleep the night before. Figuring out a possible theory to do with Thea had awakened a new spark within me, one which had prevented me from settling my mind down. As a result, I felt exhausted from the little rest I had managed to get.I pulled myself out of bed sluggishly and made my way to the door, opening it to see a dishevelled looking Aleric on my doorstep. It appeared that early mornings still disagreed with him even after all this time.“...Aleric? Why are you here so early?” I yawned, too tired to conduct the required formalities.“So you just open the door for anyone without checkin
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