First Emotions: Guilt

The fish had taken the bait, and now, it was time to start slowly reeling in the fishing line. 

The box would hold the evidence that would bring down the Grand Minister's family. Only, instead of being to distance herself from it, Meira would go down alongside it. 

After all, the evidence of killing the previous king would be enough to take down an entire family. 

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That night, during dinner, Daphne brought up some of her thoughts to Korbin. 

"Why does Meira hate you and her father so much?" 

Korbin only shrugged. "I'm not a man that's well-liked, and you've seen her father." 

"But don't you think that her hatred is rather excessive? It is her father after all, and what does she have in particular with you?" 

He stared down at his plate, furiously cutting through a piece of the steak. "I don't know." 

"Korbin," Daphne frowned.