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Chapter 14

Author: A. Leilani
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Chapter 14

SERAPHINA

It wasn't a question. I could see the answer in the careful way my family was watching me, in the pity that passed through Lucas's face before he could hide it.

"It's not finalized," Lionel said quickly, as if trying to soften the blow as he stepped forward a bit, his hands out as he continued speaking.

"It's just an arrangement, this is a political alliance that would benefit both territories and show everyone just how powerful they are."

"Who?" I asked, sounding small and fragile despite the font that I was trying to keep up, in their presence.

"Miranda Ashworth," my father said, and I felt the world tilt sideways, hearing that name as I felt anger bubbling inside me.

Miranda fucking Ashworth. That was the daughter of our family's oldest rivals, she was also the woman who'd spent our teenage years trying to prove she was better than me at everything that we were trained in—combat training, academics, manipulation, seduction.

I hate to say it but she was beautif
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