Chapter 66: Home

Chapter 66: Home

At Calder’s home, the caretaker moved toward the door after hearing a knock. She had expected to see Viscount Calder, already preparing her words. "Sir, you forgot your..." Her voice trailed off the moment the door opened to reveal a young woman instead, her smile bright and untroubled, as if nothing in the world weighed on her.

Then her gaze shifted past her to the man standing just behind, and she paused again. There was something about him that seemed compelling even in a servant’s uniform. Behind them, two guards stood with grim expressions, watching silently.

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