I couldn’t move. Not even blink.I sat frozen in my chair as the sounds of applause and cheerful chatter faded into the background as I stared up at the portrait that had just been revealed. The canvas was large, the colours deep and bright. It hovered over me like the ghost of a new world I was sucked unintentionally into.The picture was me—not just a resemblance, or trick of light, me. Every angle of the woman’s face was an exact replica of mine. The cheekbones, the jaw, the arch of her brows, the haunting depth of her eyes, and by the goddess, even the shape of her lips were just like mine—soft, full, with a slight downward tilt of a knowing frown.My stomach twisted as I stared, trying to understand what I was seeing. My clammy hands gripped the soft fabric of my dress. My head spun, like my body was shutting down to make space for the panic rising within. I couldn’t remember sitting for the photo, so it definitely wasn’t me. So how did they have it? How could Varic, a man I had j
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