ara
nown for his icy reserve and terrifying authority, was acting with such public, tender
jacket enveloping my shoulders, and a look of primal panic mi
Her carefully constructed drama had just been hijacked
of security so profound it almost made my knees weak. I
f his presence my armor. My gaze, now s
gown is a fake?" I a
ft to Seraphina. It was a brief, dismissive glance, but it held the weight of a death
hin and reedy. "Y-yes, Your Majesty. " She had to se
e to sound like a petulant girl complaining to her protector. "Caspian, she's sa
ement in his eyes. He sighed dramatically and reached out, his fingers gently brus
laced with an indulgent fondness that was utterly devastating i
shockwave. Julian's hands clenched into fists at his sides, his knuckles
to his assistant. "A
bow to the assembled crowd. He was handsome in a classic wa
h my god, that's Arthur Reynolds! The former editor-in-chief of Vogue!
shade of green. She had planned to expose me with whispers and innuendo, not to be ju
coming. I'd be so grateful if you could settle this
cket, his movements precise and practiced. He then retrieved a smal
fabric, the quality of the embroidery. But then his expression changed. His eyes widened s
light Silk. And the embroidery... the nightingale motif... this is the
sp echoed throu
final piece?! The one that wa
pposed to exist
d she g
that the gown Miss Vance is wearing is the genuine Nightingale-the only one in existence. It is worth more than every other garm
ld you like me to authenticate your Atelier gown? I notice...
ion. Every mind in the room was al
d valuable that it dwarfed the Atelier-then why had Seraphina sent he
ut I never wore it. So you switched tactics-you decided to claim that my Nightingale was a fake, because you kne
A sheen of cold sweat broke out on her fore
inutes telling everyone I was wearing a counterfeit. Now that
d to Julian, a desperate
at Arthur, his world tilting on its axis, utterly inca
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