NATALIA
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I stood frozen in the doorway, my breath caught in my throat at the sight before me. Lady Soraya, who I would normally describe as the epitome of grace and fierceness, courtesy of the way she usually carried herself, sat hunched in a barely lit room, her figure shrouded in a vibrant red dress that seemed to mock the tears that streaked her face.
For a moment, shock held me in its tight grip, rendering me temporarily mute as I stared at the unexpected scene that was happening right before my eyes. Lady Soraya was honestly the last person I would have expected to find in such a vulnerable state, and when she looked up at me, her tear-streaked face showed that she was both shocked and embarrassed that I caught her.
"Natalia? What the hell are you doing here? How did you find t
