Chapter 29: Butterfly

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I sat in the throne wearing a black dress, my hair down with a black little hat and a black net to cover my face. Valen was dressed in black as well, and we all felt highly uncomfortable about this all. Klaudio was missing his hand and had it wrapped in gauze and even a metal cap to cover it. His eyes stayed focused on the girl that stood up on the platform before us. Beyond her, the kingdom gathered to watch and see the decapitation of not one, but two woman today. My eyes fell over Norah, her body shaking and her tears slipping down quietly. She had screamed and fought, even denied and tried to run. It was no use though, Adalric caught her last night and this is the punishment for being disloyal to a King. I could almost here Klaudio shouting "Off with her head" like the Red Queen f

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