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I only get fragments of sleep through the night, but some time in the early morning, just as the sun is rising, Alexanne bursts through my door. I push myself up to my elbows and squint at her. She's taken enough of my sleep from me. Why does she have to come back again? My eyes dart to Antonin's post, and he's here. Things won't go the way it did earlier. I won't be hurt. She comes closer, her thin brows knitted together as though she's worried about me. "How are you feeling? I know how hard this must be for you. When my lady in waiting died I..." My mouth slips open, "Noelle is dead?" I had always assumed that Alexanne had dismissed Noelle. Noelle was a snitch who lived to get us in trouble. I never understood back then why Alexanne kept her around, but now I do. We all thought that a
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