Silence. No servants close enough to hear.
"I hate you," she said quietly. "Why did you do it? I wouldn't have left you."
Hisana smiled delicately at her.
"You chose him over me. Well. It doesn't matter now. I love him better than you. I --" She choked, and shut the doors to bar her sister's calm gaze.
She felt as though her forehead should be marked scarlet with the shame of it.
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