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Chapter 76

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Ginevra’s POV

Amara walks into the room as though she owns the place.

She wears his robe with the same ease a woman wears a promise. The sight sharpens something in my chest — hunger, fury, the small cold shame of being overlooked. Matilde had told me he carried her to his bed. Every detail Matilde spoke of lodged under my skin like a splinter.

“Stop!” she commanded, though the servants are already doing as I said earlier; they know better than to resist me. Still, Amara stands there, calm and unhurried. The way she meets my eyes — without flinching — is an insult folded into silk.

I hold the doctor’s report in my hand like a loaded card. I will play it. I will make the world believe what I know to be true. I will not be the daughter mocked at a table of men.

She meets my accusation with a quietness that is harder to break than a scream.

“You were the one who spiked my drink,” I say, and the room tightens.

“Me?” she answers, voice even. “Why would I do that?” I had
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