Ophelia and Rowan made their way into the city hall as the crowd parted to let them through, all the way to the throne. There were murmurs all around them, about her, about her walking alongside Rowan while three of his Betas walked a few steps behind them.
There were murmurs about someone seeing Justin being carried to the dungeons, rumours flying about how Ophelia broke Justin’s heart. And then there were conversations about how none of them had seen a single human slave in the city since the previous day.
Listening about them made Ophelia’s heart clench in anger as she closed her eyes, trying not to think about it for long. Every time she breathed, she would find Claudine’s helpless facing looking at her with a look of betrayal in his eyes as flames engulfed her body.
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