Above them on the balcony terrace, Alina Petrovna stood a little way back from the parapet. She looked at the moon, the lake, and the dark forest beyond, but she saw only defeat.
all of Alina Petrovna's efforts would end like this
She might have known that all of her efforts would end like this.
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