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“I can’t stop thinking about Selina,” Emilia said wistfully.

King turned to face her. “Truthfully, I had also not expected her to do that.”

“I was moved by the fact that Selina apologized.”

“That’s true,” King agreed. “To be honest, she was the last person I expected to apologize to you.”

After Emilia had saved Selina’s life, she had come to apologize to her. It was quite a show of humility as she had gone down on her knees and bowed to the ground before Juniper. Juniper had pleaded with her to get up, but she’d refused to get up until she had said her piece.

“I’m sorry for how I treated you growing up,” Selina had said, with teary eyes. “You were right. You never killed Dad. I was always so angry at you for that night, but I never thanked you for saving me that night. And that sucks.

“So thank you, Selina. Thank you. Twice you saved my life, and all I ever did was hate you and bully you. I wish I could turn back time and do things differently, but I can’t. Do you think you can forgiv