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Chapter 18: The Secret Revealed
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"Ouch! Go slowly." Rayden softly cried out when Rosalinda wiped his wound on his cheek with a handkerchief.

"I'm impressed with what you did back there. Do you really have innate skills in fighting?" Rosalinda asked with confidence in her tone.

"What are your true intentions with me and why are you helping me? And why did you bring us to this place?"

"I brought you here because I need your help." Rosalinda soaked the cloth that she used to wipe Rayden's wound in a small basin with lukewarm water.

"What did you mean with what you said last night?" Rayden asked curiously.

Rosalinda stopped wiping his bruise for a while to properly face the young man.

"What I said is that I need your help," she stared at him.

"What kind of help do you really need? Don't tell me you'll make us work in the mines or marry me off to that Madam Lara."

"Don't worry, I won't abandon you." Rosalinda crossed her arms.

Rayden moved a little because his back was stiff.

"Don't move yet. I haven't checked your other
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