Chapter One Hundred & Seventeen: The Child Must Not Live

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Afterwards, Peri had stopped working for the Beta and relocated to a quieter part of Aysun where she waited tables. Lady Matilda could not understand why Peri had left her without even as much as a note. She tabled this to Lord Cyrus one morning as they were having breakfast.

"And she refuses to see my face too," remarked lady Matilda.

"You worry about unnecessary things," said Lord Cyrus as he drank his juice.

"She left when I needed her the most. Imagine that! We were both sick together, she could not even wait to..." Lady Matilda's voice trailed off, a tinge of hurt and confusion lacing her words as she recounted the sudden departure of Peri, the woman who had become her best friend.