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After being betrayed by a butler and her nanny, whom she’d trusted wholeheartedly, Emma wandered down a forest trail on a stormy night to avoid them and the lurking animals.
She stumbled upon a magnificent mansion and bravely knocked on the large wooden door of the mysterious, secretive place. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) After a few minutes, a man opened the door.
“Hello. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) I am Emma. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) Emma Herman,” she said shakily and then begged, “Please! Save me, please! I will do anything.” Emma’s life was about to be flipped upside down.
“Hello, Emma. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) Has something happened to you?” He asked. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) The man she had thought to be the owner of the mansion, was Irvin Van Wert, the successor of Count Van Wert. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) “Don’t run away from me without my permission. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) Because you belong to me now!”
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“So, you don’t have anything to do with the people I mentioned, right?”
“Right,” Emma nodded rapidly, expecting the misunderstanding and suspicion to be resolved.
“I see. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) So this isn’t a trap,” the man oddly mumbled as he stared at Emma and slowly bent his body down lower. (𝕄𝕋𝕃ℕ𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊.CʘM) Then, he put his lips closer to her ear and said, “If so, you’re just coming by perchance then?”
The low voice, while fascinating, was frightening enough to hurt Emma’s eardrum and she meekly replied, “Yes.”