Author's note: this is from Seraphina's point of view
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I was touched by Duke's concern, and I knew that he would try to dissuade me from going to the event tomorrow.
I didn't want to keep him in the dark about this, especially because he might be impacted as well.
I felt guilty that I'm concealing one part of my life from him, and the excuse of how humans shouldn't know about the existence of creatures didn't make me feel better.
I decided to tell him the truth about this event.
"I don't have a choice, Duke. I need to go."
His brows furrowed deeper. "What do you mean?"
