If Elodie is not my father’s daughter, that means I’m his only daughter! I shook my head, my tears streaming down my face. And yet he constantly beats me up and locks me up and, and—“Breathe, Evadne,” I told myself when panic rushed in my veins. “Breathe.” I didn’t linger more in his wretched chamber. I hurried up and sprinted from my father’s room until I was panting before the door of the council room.I strode to the council room with my breathing ragged, yet with a seemingly calm expression.“...should anyone who objects to Elodie’s banishment—” Kal’s cold demeanor immediately melted to concern when he beheld my face. “Moon Goddess above, Evadne! What happened to you?!”“I—I was...” I pointed to my father, my face becoming hard with fury. “Elodie is not your daughter, is she?” Everyone blinked at my unexpected question.My father cackled, the sound is obviously forced. “Where on earth have you been drinking again, Evadne?”Half a minute of staring and lips pursing, a
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