Chapter 172. Back Stabber

~Hidden Path~

Lady Meredith soaked in a bathtub filled halfway with foaming water, her face blank as she stared at the flame of a candle. The surface of the water was covered in rose petals, bright incense candles decorating the floor around the tub. Two maids groomed her; one gently washing her shoulders and arms with a soft sponge, and the other washing her feet.

The maid at her back squeezed her sponge, and water seeped out of it, running down the purple arcane runes that adorned Meredith’s shoulders.

Images of the events at the dune camp flashed in her head. Her eyes twitched as she remembered bowing her head to the creature of the dark. Her lips twitched as she remembered begging for her life like a dog. She gritted her teeth, her brows furrowing as her blood boiled in anger.

“Argh!!” She growled, jerking forward. The two maids paused, startled.

Meredith let out soft breaths, her face calming. She relaxed her back on the edge of the tub again, and