ena
I could hear the blo
shy tip of my index finger. A single, perfect drop o
as fixed on that tiny,
thick and heavy.
it b
od. A wisp of inky color, like a drop of dye in clear water. It spread,
of was
ough the hall. "By the Moon Godde
e it was swallowed by a dark, dangerous fury. Beside him, Jaylin's legs
victor's standard. My voice was quiet, but it carried
, fell upon Arlin. "Heir Appare
rage in his eyes was unmistakable. I was no longer a disgraced fiancée begging
, my attention sweeping across the crowd until
y voice like the crack of a wh
s, banging her head on the marble floo
at Arlin. "Arlin. I command you to seize this treache
he command of a woman wh
ge any shred of his authority, Arlin wav
g, to the center of the hall. Her terri
away, her face
own, my torn dress pooling around me. "Who ordered you
obbed, shaki
e she refuses to speak, she is useless. Take her outside an
he most brutal punishment, res
s not the spoiled, frivolous Celena they thought they knew.
took. Polly's re
ing directly at my stepsister. "LADY JAYLIN!
he room swivele
e cracking with hysteria. "You wretc
back on their pathetic squabbli
"As per our wager, I, Celena McLaughlin, do hereby formally annul
ashen face, I turned to the gu
weakness in my legs, I walked. I walked throug
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