“Then please rest well, Senior. I’ll go prepare the holy verses for the pre‑war benediction.”
Not wanting to disturb her senior’s rest any longer, Winnie didn’t linger. She stood up and quietly left the room.
Watching her leave, the smile on Carida’s face slowly twisted. What had been a gentle, faint smile stretched and stretched, the corners of her lips pulling up to an almost impossible degree.
Carida had already been infected and eroded by the darkness, but she was pretending to be the valiant defender who had repelled the invader, fooling everyone around her.
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