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... ers, he didn't speak.
Xue Lan was seated on a velvet-cushioned bench beside the incense table, hair still damp from her bath, her robe barely tied. She looked peaceful. Beautiful. Used.
She looked like a woman everyone was talking about.
"You're late," she said sweetly.
"I was walking the long way home."
She tilted her head. "To avoid the whispers?"
His silence was enough.
She smiled—just faintly. "What did they say?"
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