The morning after the gala, my phone wouldn't stop buzzing.I turned it off, then switched it back on, hoping the alerts would stop.There were twenty-three missed calls and forty-seven texts—most from numbers I didn't know.One was from Sophie.Please give me a call, Aria. I'm concerned. On the internet, people are saying terrible things. I wanted to pick up, to reassure her.I wanted to hear her voice, to feel less alone.But Kael would be listening. He monitored everything.Without replying, I erased the message.I was dressed at six-thirty. Put on one of the remaining outfits from the stylist. Simple. suitable for getting to know a potential mother-in-law.When I arrived, Kael was already in the kitchen. He glanced away from his coffee, his gaze sweeping across me.Assessing."Good. You look presentable."Not nice. Not pretty. Presentable."Your mother," I said. "What should I expect?""She's traditional. Conservative.Forty years ago, she married into the Blackwell family, and sh
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