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We started to walk toward where Meg was, but an unsettling fear gripped me for some reason.
"Elenore, you will stay silent, okay?" my mother instructed.
"Mother, please! I have to tell them or—" I began.
"Or what? What will happen? I am the Duchess. I want to believe you, my daughter, but I need to hear it with my own ears," she replied firmly.
"Mom, believe me! I'm telling the truth!" I pleaded, desperation creeping into my voice.
"I know, I know," she said, her tone softening slightly. "But she is my sister. You understand, right? Just try to understand."
