Chapters
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2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
6. Six
7. Seven
8. Eight
9. Nine
10. Ten
11. Eleven
12. Twelve
13. Thirteen
14. Fourteen
15. Fifteen
16. Sixteen
17. Seventeen
18. Eighteen
19. Nineteen
20. Twenty
21. Twenty One
22. Twenty Two
23. Twenty Three
24. Twenty Four
25. Twenty Five
26. Twenty Six
27. Twenty Seven
28. Twenty Eight
29. Twenty Nine
30. Thirty
31. Thirty One
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Twenty One
I finished the last bite of my meal in silence, each chew growing more difficult than the last, my throat thick with shame and unspoken grief. The kitchen had quieted now, the clattering of dishes and the idle gossip of the servants fading into a tense stillness. Yet the sting of humiliation clung t...
