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Gerthel, who was slowly starting to doze off, suddenly heard loud knocks on her door. Abruptly, her heart thumped rapidly sensing who was outside her room, based on the scent that travels fast to her nostrils.
“One moment please,” she said although she was not sure if the man outside heard what she said. But it seemed that he did hear what she said as his knocking suddenly stopped.
Gerthel swallowed a bit of her saliva first to moisten her dry throat before she walked to the door and opened it. “Boss Dar,” she said and she bowed her head, not able to look directly into his eyes, which she noticed to have been on fire while looking at her from the moment that she opened the door.
“How many times are you going to disobey me, woman?” he asked immediately as he entered her room. His eyes
