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Chapter 175 - So Much Worse

 

The tent the five men were gathered in wasn't large, but it didn't need to be.

 

Its canvas walls rippled in the wind, heavy with the scent of blood and ash from the nearby forges. Red Demon soldiers lingered at a distance, not daring to speak. The air outside was hushed with the weight of something about to break.

 

Inside, Crown Prince Zhu Mingyu sat on a simple wooden chair in the center of the room. He leaned back as if he was relaxed, one elbow resting on the armrest as a soft smile appeared on his face as he looked at the woman being brought before him. He hadn't changed clothes since the mines…dirt streaked his once pristine white sleeves, and his own blood dried beneath his cuffs from the cuts his nails had made in the palms of his hands.

 

He still hadn't slept. He wouldn't, not until she was safe.

 

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