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woven by Valorian artisans, a sy

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is job and her supposed "nee

his affair with Jessica and his cowardic

n, when it ca

with you because my parents approved of you. Jessica... she

candal made her temporaril

mself as a tragic hero, sacrificing his true love, and

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