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gh to shatter glass. I flinched but didn't move, gr

n the mood. Ever since my parents died and my Uncle to

s worse. No second shout. No sto

ing wa

n my throat. The dining room doors were wide open, an

h lounged beside her, his fingers steepled li

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hat crawled over me like damp fing

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cross the table, the gold seal

't a request . I

ing before my eyes. A contract. A ma

irk widening. "Don't look so surprised .You really did

but to whom??" I stammered in c

he room, it was the stranger who

little

striking my chest like a warning bell. Little bride. The man's voice dripped wit

this bizarre reality. But this was no reality; it was a twisted farce that had been forced upo

er delight. She thrived on my confusion and fear, revel

?" Meera purred, her voice sweet but laced with

vitude. A contract. A marriage to a man whose face I hadn't genuinely bothered to learn until this moment. I dared to glance

y to pounce. He embodied everything I despised about this house, about

ve. "We're waiting, Lyra, hunny." But I wasn't going to back down.

ntract? What do you even want from me?" The stranger leaned forward, h

ted even further, and for a split second, I thought I might throw up. "I've be

ll at once, crashing through my fragile defences. The contract, the marriage, everything-it was all for a single purpose, and it w

Do you think you have a choice in this? You've been nothing more than a serv

tightened, my pulse racing. I wanted to scream, to tear the pa

p in me. I wouldn't be their pawn. I wouldn't let them decide my fate. I shoved the

will no

a little, a flicker of uncertainty in her eyes. But it wasn't enough. It wasn't enough to undo what had already been set in motion. The anger, the fire, it felt hollow. I wante

d back in his chair, his smile never fading, just widening. I was trapped. And in that moment, the truth hit me

d urgently, darting my gaze from t

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