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“What?” Violette sits up straighter. “Why would you be killed?” “I overheard a conversation I was not supposed to. That’s how I came across the truth of Emilienne’s tragic fate. When they discovered that I overheard, they threatened me. They said that if I ever told anyone what they were discussing, they’d kill me, and my niece, without a single grain of remorse.” “If you tell us who they are, we could stop them before they are able to hurt you. They don’t know that you’re here talking with us, do they?” I ask. Florentine shakes her head, “No. I snuck away, just like you, right? Both of us are far away from where we’re supposed to be.” “Is someone forcing you to stay there? Are you being hurt?” Alexanne frowns. “No, I’m not being hurt. I have to stay there, I have nowhere else to go.
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