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Kiria
Chetana and the guards led Kiria back to her room. Tears flowed down her face against her will. Grief and humiliation filled her so she could barely breathe.
Everyone had seen her panic in the great hall, but no one else could sense the danger. Even without strange actions like that, everybody noticed her because of her Beauty. They must all think she was unhinged.
She definitely felt unhinged. Something was deeply wrong. Maybe Firian wasn’t dead. Maybe he was alive. Maybe it was just… She couldn’t come up with a good scenario that would have caused her breakdown. Whatever had happened, it was serious. She had to check, had to see him right now.
Chetana, her arm across her shoulders, guided her gently into the diplomat suite. Guards stood at attention outside. Everything happ
