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Blood between queens

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Alessia’s POV

The air in the study tasted like dust and memories. Faded portraits lined the walls—faces from the bloodline that ruled before her, eyes watching, judging, remembering. And now, another ghost stood before her, gun aimed at her chest.

Isabella.

Her sister.

Not dead. Not gone. Not buried beneath the betrayal she’d once been blamed for.

Alive.

And aiming a gun at the Queen of Rome.

“You don’t have to do this,” Alessia said, her voice low but unwavering. “Whatever you think I’ve done—whatever they told you—I’m not the enemy.”

Isabella’s grip on the pistol was tight, knuckles white. “But you are. You always were. You inherited the empire they bled for and let it rot in your hands.”

The accusation struck like a blade. Alessia took a slow step forward. “You think I wanted this? You think I asked for blood on my hands? Giordano, Father, the Council—I burned everything just to survive. Just to keep this throne from falling into the wrong hands.”

Isabella flinched. Her mouth opene
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