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Catherine glanced at the wooden cup in Ambrose's hand and asked skeptically, "The same wager as before?"
Ambrose replied casually, "Of course. As long as you can take that cup out of the city, I'll do whatever you say."
Catherine eyed him several times, then snatched the cup and strode quickly out of the tavern.
But before long, she returned with her head hanging. Slamming the cup on the table, she fumed, "You set me up! I got stopped again when I tried to leave the city. They said leaving so quickly made me look suspicious. When they searched me, the cup got smashed!"
Ambrose smiled faintly. "It wasn't my doing, but rather the arrangement of fate. After failing twice, you should understand by now: some things may look simple, but they're impossible to accomplish. You're probably thinking that if you'd just pushed through and rushed out of the city, you'd have won. But it wouldn't matter. Once fate is set, no one can change it, not even the gods."
Ambrose had used his Loom of Fate to weave two failures for Catherine. No matter how hard she tried, victory would never...
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