30: I knew they were fucking each other.

Athena's lips parted, but no words came out. If she told him it was his favourite concubine, would he punish Ladya?

"I... fell…" she lied. Her throat squeezed, and a dull ache spread across her chest for lying. Why did she lie?

Alaris knew she lied. He could hear her unstable heartbeat, and that m...

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