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Chapter 7

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After the festival, Soren disappeared.

No goodbye. Nothing. He just vanished.

Three months later, Julian and I had our engagement ceremony.

"I'm sorry," I told him that night, standing on the balcony.

Julian leaned against the railing, his silver-grey eyes fixed on the distant mountains.

"What for?" His voice was calm. "You held up your end of the bargain."

"But we both know this isn't about love."

He turned to me, a complicated emotion in his eyes.

"Daisy, do you know why I agreed to this?"

I shook my head.

"Because I love you. I have since the first time I saw you at the academy." He gave a bitter smile. "Even knowing your heart belonged to someone else, I was willing to wait."

My heart sank.

"Julian..."

"Don't." He reached out, gently stroking my cheek. "I know you can't love me now. But maybe one day, you'll forget him."

If only.

Some wounds only get deeper with time.

Six months later, everything changed.

My father burst into the living room, his face ghost-white.

"We're ruined," h
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