꧁ AURELIA'S POVI arrived at Greyson territory with a single suitcase and a story already rehearsed, the kind of visit that looked like devotion and cost me nothing to perform.“I just couldn't stay away,” I told the Beta who greeted me at the gate, my voice pitched soft and a little tired, the exact register of a sister who'd worried herself thin. “With the ceremony coming, I wanted to be here for her. Family should be, shouldn't they?”He nodded, sympathetic, already waving me through without a second thought. Getting past the household staff had never been the hard part. They saw what they expected to see, and I'd spent my whole life learning exactly what people expected.The noble circles took slightly more effort, though not much. I found Priscilla within the hour, sitting with two other women I didn't yet know by name, and let myself be drawn into their circle with the practiced reluctance of someone who hadn't meant to share so much.“It must be strange,” one of the women said,
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