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Chapter 12

Author: Moonchild
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Jaxon

“So,” Deric started, avoiding my gaze, “Queen Felen told me that I had been receiving letters from the wrong girl all along.”

I leaned forward slowly. “The wrong girl?”

He nodded. “She said Elvira had been stealing Elyra’s letters—Elvira’s younger sister. That she’d been replying me, pretending to be her. Queen Felen swore she caught her sneaking into Elyra’s room countless times. She said Elvira ran away the day before the bonding ceremony because she didn’t want to get caught.”

A long silence passed. I didn’t blink.

“And you believed that story?”

Deric shrugged, looking vaguely uncomfortable for the first time since the conversation started. “Her mother seemed certain. She told me Elvira’s always been a little… cunny. She said she used to hide Elyra’s shoes, shred her gowns, burn her letters, things like that. And when she found out Elyra had a mate match—me—she went too far.”

I tapped my fingers on the table slowly. My heart was pumping hard, but I kept my voice low. “And you
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