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her study, her voice dripping with amus

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ence. The bidding is already insan

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urfaced, a

ransaction between powerful famil

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pulled him aside, her eyes

sealed envelop

than. Don't open it unless you tru

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was un

retrieved the envelope fr

y signed by Eleanor as his legal guardian in this specific matter, a contingency she had b

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essed