EDITED.
"I'll turn their lies into their nightmares. They thought I was broken; now they'll see my strength. Their betrayal will be their death. From their ashes, I'll build my empire." ~Araneae Ruber.
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ULRIC FROWNED his brows as he stared at the grand duke. "What do you mean, where is Luella? You didn't ask me to bring her along"
Archibald and Brighter rolled their eyes at the unnecessary miscommunication that had suddenly befallen them.
The grand duke rubbed his temple as he explained what he meant again to him.
"Brighter here, went to check on her in her room and she—"
"Why?" He asked, interrupting his comments.
Archibald arched his brows at him. Ulric immediately folded his lips as he kept shut for him to continue speaking.
"Brighter had gone to give her a book to start her spiritum training along with learning Hacdani and also the spells she needed to learn before—"