Newest Chapter for Highest Tier (November 2021)
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The tavern she worked for was full of fancy customers who had extra coins to spend.
It reeked of money in here from all the gold motifs, bright lights, thick and dark wooden furniture crafted with brilliant hands, and expensive century-old wines displayed on the shelves across the bar table.
Merle knew the man she served had watched her movements carefully even if he couldn't see his countenance.
His head didn't move at all.
Neither did his head move nor glance up to meet her eyes.
She felt prickles at the back of her neck as if an invisible hand had caressed them.
As she raised a hand to rub the spot awkwardly, chills ran down her spine that the fingers holding the wine bottle shook.
She was too nervous around this mysterious stranger that almost spilled a few of its contents.
