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XIV - Secrets

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The door creaked open, slow, deliberate. I froze, sitting stiff on the edge of the bed. Jonathan had played his part, and maybe he had failed.

Maguire, my husband is back, I thought.

And then she slipped in. Isabella. Her smile sharp as broken glass, her hips swaying like she owned the night.

"Isabella?"

“Get out, bitch,” she hissed, her voice low, poisonous. “I’ll replace you.”

My brows knitted. “Replace me? What do you mean?”

She didn’t answer with words. Instead, she strode straight to me, grabbed a fistful of my hood, and yanked. My breath caught as she shoved me toward the door.

“Wait—”

But Isabella was strong, fueled by something darker than desire. Her nails scraped my neck as she pushed again, lips curling in satisfaction. “Tonight isn’t yours, Elara. Go sit in your little corner and pray that the king would be fooled as we have planned. I’ve got this.”

The slam of the door echoed in my skull. I stumbled into the corridor, the cold stone biting at my bare feet. My heart thund
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