ELYRA.I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, replaying everything I had said to him the previous night Every sharp word. Every glare. The way I had poured my frustration on him as if he was the reason my entire day had gone wrong.Technically, I could have just walked out of that room.That was the simplest thing to do.But no. I had stayed. I had argued. I had let the stress from Star, the maids, the tension, everything — pile up until it burst. And he happened to be the unlucky target.Or maybe I was the unlucky one.I turned to my side and pressed my face into the pillow.“What were you thinking, Elyra?” I muttered to myself.The contract floated into my mind like a dark cloud. That contract was the only reason I was still here. The only thing keeping my father on his road to recovery. If he decided I breached it… if he cut it off…I sat up quickly. No. I couldn’t let that happen.I would apologize.After nearly thirty minutes of arguing with myself—pacing, sighing, rehearsing poss
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