During breakfast the next day, I was still in a daze. I couldn't believe that I had a family, an actual bloodline, which was Joanne. When I thought Joanne was hiding something from me, I never expected it to be that, yet it was, and to top it all off, I was a witch.I didn't even realise when the maids walked back to the dining room to tidy the table and was only brought out of my thoughts when I felt Orpheus's warmth on my hand.I gave a small smile as we got up from our seat and walked out of the hall. It had only been the two of us at the dining table since Joanne said she needed to settle some matters outside the palace before I began my training.Orpheus and I carried on down the hallway, and I gazed at our locked hands. My eyes shifted up to my wrists, staring at the bracelet, and it felt like something was stuck in my throat. Everything felt so overwhelming.Orpheus said that he would be working from his office, but I couldn't respond. Instead, I gave a nod as he pecked my
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