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Chapter 14 The Weight of Betrayal

Author: Ayana Stories
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-26 21:25:42

The journal lay open on the silk sheets, its faded ink a testament to a love and betrayal that had twisted lives, shattered empires, and ultimately, brought Amara to this gilded cage. The horrifying truth about her mother, Isabella, and her father, Lorenzo, gnawed at Amara’s insides, a corrosive acid dissolving everything she thought she knew. Her parents were not the simple, flawed individuals she had perceived. They were players in a deadly game, their choices reverberating through two decades to ensnare her.

The empathy she now felt for Dante was a poison. It warred with her fear, her resentment, and the burning injustice of her captivity. How could she hate him unequivocally when his pain, born of her own mother’s agonizing sacrifice, was so raw, so profound? This sickening understanding only deepened her inner turmoil. She was a pawn, yes, but a pawn now intimately connected to the very core of his rage.

The next morning, the subtle shift in Dante’s demeanor was palpable. He did
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