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turn Hammond against him by telling him things that
would make him hate his brother.
“All right,” Reynold said. “But beware of
Hammond. Always be alert and watch out for any
suspicious move he may make because it may be intended
to harm you.”
“Do not worry,” Jarvis said with confidence.
“Hammond is my brother, and would never harm me. No
slut can come between me and my brother.”
After Florrie tried to seduce Jarvis, and everybody knew
that something had happened, she sat on the chair in her
bedroom thinking what to do.
She knew what happened would lead to a war that
would start soon, and no one knew who was going to win
it. Hammond would either take her side or Jarvis’s. There
was no other alternative. Therefore, she had to convince
Hammond that she was telling the truth. Also, she might
get revenge from Jarvis. Her desire to retaliate was
multiplied when he slapped her, humiliated her, and tried to
kill her in front of everybody. Being the great princess and
daughter of the greatest king, she had never expected to be
slapped, and by whom? A savage from the desert.
Her first step in that war was getting rid of Melanie
by any means because she knew what had happened and if
she told Hammond the truth, the princess would end up
losing the war. She thought of a way to get rid of Melanie
and silence her. Knowing Melanie, she realized that the
best way was to scare her, so that she would not dare open
her mouth.