The chair slowly turned to face him completely. The Duchess carefully examined Maximus from head to toe without speaking. Eventually, she placed her pipe onto the desk before gracefully rising to her feet.
A faint trace of surprise appeared inside her beautiful eyes. The special curse she had secretly planted upon Maximus had completely disappeared.
That should not have been possible naturally unless someone had intervened.
Someone inside the academy had not only discovered her curse but had deliberately removed it. That realization concerned her far more than the curse itself.
Several possible names quietly surfaced inside her thoughts. A handful of individuals possessed the knowledge required to accomplish something like this.
Still...
It was too early to decide which one of them had interfered. For now, speculation alone was meaningless.
Her elegant footsteps echoed softly across the study as she approached him.
"Aww..." Her lips curved into a warm smile.
