The ballroom froze when the glass shattered. Power tilted, then snapped. His name fell from my mouth like a blade, and every eye turned as the empire he worshiped shifted, brick by stolen brick, back into my hands. He thought he’d erased me with one burned dress and a locked door. He didn’t know about Emily. He didn’t know about bloo… Continues…
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