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23 The Lecture 1

Author: Karima Sa'ad Usman
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Natalie

Professor Alester’s gaze swept the room, slow and heavy, almost like he was looking for something. Or someone. His dark eyes caught mine for a breathless second, and I had to force myself not to look away.

I wasn’t sure if he found what he was searching for. But whatever it was, it made my blood run cold.

"However," Professor Alester said, his voice dropping low enough that we all leaned in without meaning to, "there was an anomaly. A moment when fate—or perhaps something greater—intervened. One bride, one sacrifice, was unlike the others. The venom did not take her. The transformation failed. But… she did not die."

Gasps flickered across the room, but I couldn't even make a sound. My breath stuck in my throat, thick and heavy, as his words sank deeper into me, pressing against my chest like a hand trying to crush me from the inside.

"She was immune," he said, almost reverently, almost like he feared the very idea.

"Immune to the venom that was supposed to remake her. And yet,
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Marlenny Fernandez
And I also think if it’s not Adrian, then his daughter was the chosen one but he cares so much for his daughter and why not eliminate the fatherless child??
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Marlenny Fernandez
I think this elister knows about the uncle and his plan and that’s why he interrupted them during the ballroom
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Marlenny Fernandez
Because if someone else’s is that “son” then that’s why dear asshoke uncle was referring to this person and that’s why dear asshole uncle told her that when Adrian finds out, he’ll back off
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