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Chapter 36: The Matriarch Ring

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HELLENE

While I was still frozen in shock, Vivienne seemed to realize something belatedly.

“Wait,” she said, her brows knitting slightly. “What did you just call me? Mrs. Blackthorne?”

The moment I heard that, I instantly understood what she was really asking for.

Or rather, what she wanted to hear.

My expression turned faintly awkward.

That word felt strangely unfamiliar to me.

Honestly, I could probably count on both hands the number of times I had ever called the woman who gave birth to me t
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