The Unspoken Farewell

law student, interning at the

r, relentlessly pursued me, and I fell

nge: the woman who could tame William fo

future, a r

iety-approved match, staged a public, bloody suicide

on and his own ascent, instantly turne

anished, my reputation was shredde

other was framed for theft, and my

ed a chilling ultimatum: confess and d

next day, a black S

, no

very Kent gala where William first

trapped, but this time, it vibr

as I

s nightmare,

, I wouldn't

yes cold and flat: "Not yo

he game was