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ence
arp, hammering pain pulsed behind my eyes, sy
ound me, a swarm of inse
ht. Smirking faces slowly came into focus, their eyes filled with undisguised mockery. A girl in a lavish
and triumphant. "It's your engagement day to Prince Alaric.
y mind-my own, from a life before t
my own family. My stepsister, Clara-the blonde girl standing in front of me-had poisoned me out of jealousy and left my face
t in his eyes scowled d
his really the best you could find? She's a complete disgrace. Ge
et. "Alaric, don't be angry. My sister is just... not used to these
a table for support. The biological toxin still l
future far beyond this world-and with that knowled
eded to collect
car on her face, how hideous." "A wolfless dares to
ike flies buzzi
le spread across her face as she reached out to "help" me. "Come
fingers brushed
around her wrist like a s
ac
r. A sharp slap echoed throu
red, their m
eyes wide with disbelief. "You
apped her again, harder this time.
pain and humiliation this body had endured. I struck her thirty times, until her
ic roared, finally breaking from
ara and snatched a heavy crys
n, not expecting a
't hes
ckening crunch. Blood streamed down his forehe
lying to his head, his anger
voice was clear and cold. "I, Florence Sharpe, hereby formally dissolve my enga
t was Clara and plucked a long, sharp s
rew their swords, forming
ored
ly to the dazed
like lightning, pressing the sharp p
ce. He swallowed hard, his Adamive," I said calmly to the gu
nces, their swords waverin
rd with me toward the grand entrance. My eyes found my stepmother
n line of blood. "Get me the fastest c
rembling, and croaked
en behind me, revealing
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