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world, filling every space I once occupied until there was nothing left of me in his heart or mind?
The thought alone was enough to make my chest tighten in a way I refused to name.
I sat in the throne room, still and unmoving, my gaze fixed on the empty chairs that surrounded me. They mocked me with their silence, stretching endlessly under the dim light, as though reminding me of everything that was missing… everything that felt wrong.
Time passed slowly there, heavy and suffocating.
And then…the door creaked open.
I lifted my head just in time to see Beta Torin step inside.
"Ms. Anabel, there is a package for you!" he announced, bowing respectfully as he approached.
For a moment, I didn't react. The words hung in the air, and then something in me snapped upright. I pushed myself to my feet almost immediately and walked toward him, my steps quickening with a sudden, unexplainable urgency.
A package?
