Chapter 5: Nero

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Another day, another game of travesty and deception. I looked over the university field and breathed the fresh air. At least Constal wasn't polluted by their presence. I've been dreading meeting with my uncle this evening, and my brief excursion to the university was the only break I could afford to take my mind off my worries. My uncle had been the acting governor of the city since my father's death, and not a single day went by when I didn't try to wrestle the position from his filthy fingertips. Savino Corvus was corrupt and greedy. There was no other way to describe him. My afternoon was proving dull, not that I was complaining, until I caught sight of a woman with fiery red hair and glinting violet eyes. She was a sight, and I couldn't stop looking at her from afar. My knees almost

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