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Chapter 186: You're Not Supposed to Be Here

She wasn’t surprised that everyone understood her decision. Ewan even offered to come, giving up all the snacks he had allotted to go and support his master.

“When I called them last nigh...

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Chapter 185: Now Who's Crazy

Was it a tragic love story or just a tale of revenge? No matter how Tori looked at it, it was both. On one side, a young, fragile love was broken after betrayal and madness. On the other side, one ...

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Chapter 184: Did Marquis Guevera Approve of This

Confusion filled Axton’s face as he seemed to weigh the comcry in his hand. The corner of his lip twitched, and he shook his head. “I...I don’t think I heard you correctly....”

Tori h...

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Chapter 183: Disturbance in the Force

“Why are you crying?” JP asked his sister with crinkled eyes.

Sonia sucked in a breath and shook her head as her eyes watched Tori trot around the corral on a pure black horse.

“I...

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Chapter 182: I Took Matters Into My Own Hands

The top of the southern battlements had been an original part of the Fortress, but in the past centuries, it had been renovated and expanded to become less a defensive position to observe territory...

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Chapter 181: Maybe They Would Offer Him Potato Chips, Too

“Thank you for your help tonight. I’m sorry you had to go through that.” Tori hated that tonight’s dinner was so mentally exhausting. Tomorrow was the wedding and she had to wake up early t...

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Chapter 180: I Can't Have Nice Things

“I don’t want to be the villain here,” Tori said as she cornered her brothers on their way back to their rooms. “But which one of you took it?”

“Took what?” Sebastian had a plea...

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Chapter 179: Don't Want To Be a Necromancer

Axton’s lip twitched as he stood outside Fiona’s chicken enclosure, seemingly trying to hold back a smile. A few paces away, Tori stared at her niece’s prized rooster with a neutral expressio...

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Chapter 178: As Beautiful as Fiona's Rooster

She kissed flushed cheeks of the giggling toddler in her arms and then nuzzled the side of her head. “Hi, Fifi! Have you made yourself at home?”

“Hmm...yes! I like it here!” Fiona bea...

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Chapter 177: An Unforeseen Sense of Crisis

“I’m not judging you.”

“Yes, you are. I can see it in your eyes.” Tori narrowed her gaze as JP looked around the private Tres Arcos dock that was around a cove and led to beachside ...

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Chapter 176: Size Does Matter

How influential was the charm? How much of Dimitri, and the other love interests’, affection was sincere and how much was the result of the charm?

Tori shifted uncomfortably at Dimitri’s ...

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Chapter 175: A Long and Storied Life

“How could you do this?” Ilyana’s face was red, and her lower lip trembled with indignation. “After what he did and said about you?”

“Do you have time to do this? Our final exams ...

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Aila's Ramblings - 10/23/22

📢 NEW CHARGING SCHEDULE!!!

I can finally switch to the alternate payment system for patrons to be charged on the date that they signed up, not at the first of the month. I...

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Chapter 174: Dig His Own Grave and Then Backflip Into It

The Guthrys brought Dimitri back from their village.

In some cases, being out in the countryside, without the pressure and stress of a bustling, chaotic city, could help a person relax and re...

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Chapter 173: This is a Sack of Rice

Tori stood with Kasen behind her, staring at the table with five men around it. Several of them were avoiding her gaze as her eyes narrowed. She wasn’t angry. She just wanted to know what they we...

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Chapter 172: I'm Sorry I'm Late

He couldn’t remember when he started to hate his half-brother. Was it when his mother died? Or was it when he figured out what severely weakened her to the point that she could not recover from h...

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Chapter 171: Don't Worry, Mommy

She nearly whipped her head back to look at her brother. Tori’s mouth opened just a bit as Kasen slid a single sheet of paper across the table.

He just straight up went and ordered him ...

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Chapter 170: Die, Pinecones!

“You are studying very well, but you don’t have to push yourself. You’re only eight. There is plenty of time for you to become more than proficient with charms and energy. If you have any que...

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Chapter 169: You Don't Go to This School

“One coin for Fifi.”

“Thank you, Auntie!” The little girl clutched her shiny gold coin that Tori won from Gideon against her with gleaming eyes.

“One coin for Robi.”

...

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Chapter 168: Mine's Still Better

Why did it slip her mind that early in the ‘game’, Alessa could possibly get something from the love interests to help her along her way? Wasn’t this common in games?

Link goes into...

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Aila's Ramblings: 9/23/22 - I'm on Vacation

Okay, I am officially on a scheduled writing break for 2 weeks.  This was announced a few times - as well as the countdown on RR, but I don't recall if it was announced here.  

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Chapter 167: Animals Are Better Than People

The indignation was palpable, and Tori could only stand there, staring at the old man while wanting to both scream and throw the table at him in frustration. She couldn’t find any more words to e...

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Chapter 166: You're the Cause of My Stress

Was this how it felt when people said a ‘bolt from the blue’? Tori stared at Gideon and everyone else stared at her after her sudden comment caught them by surprise.

Gideon seemed especia...

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Chapter 165: When He's Excited, I Get Nervous

“No, they are not going night sailing while drunk. Are they crazy?” Tori frowned as she sat at a table and looked up at one of the imperial knights. “It’s too dangerous! They could easily l...

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Chapter 164: Life Is So Hard

It was approaching the three-year mark of when Tori woke up on a bed in Presidio. She counted another three months or so and then there was her rebirth anniversary. In that time, Alessa Hart had al...

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Chapter 163: Besmirching

When Tori had revealed who she told Henrik to send an invitation to, Ilyana and Albert began yelling at once, spooking Alexander who was in his basket next to Tori. The other two teenagers had bomb...

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Chapter 162: Attracts Attention Like Flies to Horse Dung

“I need to ask you an important question.” Tori stared at Piers, who sat to her left at a table above Cafe Fortuna. Piers gave her a stoic nod, expressing his permission. “Is your father goin...

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Chapter 161: He Should Be Hiding From Me

Tori knit her brows together.

There was a lot to unpack with what she was seeing. Even though it seemed that they only caught the tail end of the conversation, it was clear that Fabian, at th...

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Chapter 160: Trouble in Paradise

“Fifi, we’re going to eat!” Tori raised her arm and waved at the ice rink she had created parallel to the creek, near the resort tents. Numerous children and a few adults were skating around ...

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Chapter 159: Ew. Ew. Ew.

“Did you do it on purpose?” Henrik asked as the carriage moved along.

Tori kept her eyes out the window. “What if I did?”

“What did you tell her that made her lose her mind?...

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