The magic shattered the moment Sera slipped her arm through Zane’s. I stood there, stiff and silent beside Chase, as cameras flashed and guests buzzed with curiosity. The golden lights above refracted off Zane’s tailored tuxedo, throwing glints of gold against his dark silhouette. He looked like a man carved from secrets: sharp jaw, piercing gaze, the curve of his mouth unreadable. But it was her presence beside him that gutted me. Sera, in a silk gown that clung to her like memory, offered smiles too sweet and fingers that curled possessively into the crook of Zane’s arm. She glanced my way just once, lips twitching with the ghost of a smirk, as if to say, You’re still the outsider here. I blinked and turned to Chase, whose fingers flexed slightly around mine. He smiled at me, not the glossy, performative grin I’d grown used to seeing on wealthy clients, but something genuine. Still, my chest tightened. “I suppose the prince chose his queen after all,” he said lightly. I forced
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