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! You slept in silk sheets, ate roasted meat, and wore jewels while I was fighting wild dogs for scraps in the mud! You enjoyed every ounce of the Holland family

ck? If she had shown even a fraction of gratitude when she first discovered her

mbers stared at me, stunned by

rantically until they landed on the tall, imposing figure of Gideon Sterling. She immediately softened her posture, forcing tears into her eyes. "Master Gideon,

is hands clasped behind his back. He was a man of the Dragon King's court, a scholar with

was playing to his sense of chivalry, trying to secure her

ent straight to her soul. "Enough," she whispered, her voice trembling but resolute. "If you refuse to acknowledge the love and c

Holland name was now synonymous with treason. Whoever associated with us would

my own, filled with a agonizing sorrow. "My child... I am so sorry.

my past life, I was an orphan. I had never known a mother's guilt or a mother's love. Now,

rby, we raised you. Please, I beg of you, ask the Carlisles to

dam Holland, it was your own foolishness that led to this. The sins of the

her dirt-streaked cheek. The betrayal was absolute. D

ime of swapping us! You might be a Carlisle now, but it doesn't change the fact that you were born of a treac

ged forward and threw my arms around

asant!" Darby shrieked, st

deftly unhooked the heavy spatial pouch from her waist. I slid the cold, sapphire bracelet off her wrist and palmed it. I reached

ance was completely ruined. Her hair fell in a tangled, chaotic mess around her

rd, drawing his baton

on. "Officers! Master Gideon! The decree stated that all property of the Holland family is to be confiscated by the crown! Yet this

decree was indeed absolute. The Holland family had been stripped of everythi

s brow furrowed. He noticed the missing pouch and the ruined hair, b

n the chaos. I will return the garments immediately. There is no need for her to be so vicious!