All Chapters of The Rejected True Heiress: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

LioraI don’t know how to describe the feeling that rose in me as Callum spoke my name. like I was just another item on his list, another obligation he had to deal with.It wasn’t just anger. Not just sadness either. It was something deeper, something that coiled in the hollow space behind my ribs a

LioraMia didn’t ask questions, and maybe that’s what made her company feel like a relief instead of another reminder. She didn’t press.I liked that about her.She didn’t fill the silence with nervous chatter or hollow sympathy. She simply stayed nearby, existing beside me with a kind of calm that

CallumThere was something almost impressive about the way Bianca’s confidence collapsed when the script seem to run out.She tried to speak.I could see it now, her mouth opened once, then again, but the words didn’t come. Maybe she was trying to remember which lie she’d last used, or maybe she sim

LioraFor the first time in what felt like forever, I had been beginning to feel like a student again. Not a placeholder. Not a problem. Not a royal complication disguised as a girl in borrowed time. The last few days had offered something rare. Quiet mornings with Mia where we shared too-hot coffee

LioraThe morning of the exam came with a quiet tension, one I’ve grown used to.I woke early, not from nerves, but from habit. Years of palace drills made it impossible to sleep in on days like this. Mia had brewed me tea the night before and stayed at my bedside, humming softly until I drifted off