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personal slave she saw with Daphne still troubled her.

Why would the king allow the girl in? Surely, it wasn’t because he wanted to do that monster’s daughter a favor!

King Leonidas wasn’t within sight, but Veronica saw the adjoining door of his room was open, so she knew he must be in his library.

Even as a slave, the king loved to read a lot and write, too. Veronica had tried learning the previo