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chaos. The workers from the Riverstone Guild, backed by the im

oil paintings on the walls. The portraits depicting the "glorious deeds" of Sinclai

avy iron chest from the back of our carriage and placed it before Preston Reynold

orthern snow disaster," I said gracefully. "Thank His Highn

woman of great principle. His Highness the Crown Prince will remember your contribution." With that, he order

the massive chest of gold that had just been taken away. Her e

mous rage. "You set this entire thing up! You used the Crown to force us to open our doo

nned to take back what was stolen, Grandmother. You should be

rmed Guild mercenaries swarming the hall, she was completely powerless. She could only c

s filled with absolute horror. "Cousin, how could you do this? This

my mother and me. This home, you all hollowed it out yourselves. Your dresses?

ashen. The ebony cane had rolled from her hand. The matriarch who had controlled the f

a corner, watching everything in

y... all valuable items on the mortgage list were carried away one by one. Ca

owns, her jewelry-many of them were bought with my m

mpletely broke down. She shrieked, trying to lunge forward

s being packed into boxes and carried away,

dn't you always want to replace me? You wanted my fiancé, the noble title I bought. Now,

ly understood that without my money, she

wn. I approached Mr. Riverstone in the corner, who report

e outside the city." That was a private property

ble behind me. "It's time for

ome an empty, echoing chamber. Blank marks were left on the

unmovable furniture, a mess on the floor, and a

this farce, feeling no

the Riverstone Guild's convoy, slow

y shoulder, looking out the window, a ligh

hand, warm

t this slide once he realized I wasn't coming back to him. I