Isolde deliberately poured ice water down the collar of the exhausted housemaid Aveline and rang a handbell beside her face to keep her awake.
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Chapter 13
Aveline invited me to her culinary graduation.
I went.
No entourage inside.
Rafe waited outside because he refused to let me become normal completely.
Celeste came too.
She looked healthier.
Not magically healed.
Just rested.
That difference showed everywhere.
Aveline received an award for pastry.
She pretended not to care.
Then cried.
Good.
Afterward she handed me a small box.
Inside:
Six miniature sugar bells.
I stared.
She smiled.
“Dessert.”
I laughed.
The symbol demoted.
Perfect.
I ate one.
Too sweet.
She was offended.
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Normal relationship.
No hierarchy needed.
