WRITER'S POV

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Hearing Laura's voice Ashina's body froze and trembled on the spot but soon she was able to come back to her senses.

She was like a child who had been caught doing something bad but wanted to deny it.

Even though Ashina's reaction was fast, it didn't escape Laura's notice who frowned as the suspiciousness in her heart began to grow.

"I...I didn't... didn't put anything... anything," Ashina shuttered as she managed to reply hoping she wouldn't be caught.

It was going to be her doom if she was caught. That was going to be the end of it.

All she had painstakingly worked for would be...