Evelyn's POVNot long after the assassination attempt, the Blackwood family sent formal papers dissolving the engagement.Even though I had already married Julian, the Prince and Princess had previously refused to acknowledge that the old engagement was truly void.This time, the documents bore the royal family's seal. They stated explicitly that neither the debt of saving Lucien's life, nor family promises, nor any prior arrangement would be used to bind the Valerie family again.Along with the papers came my belongings that had been left behind in vampire territory.Several etiquette notebooks, and the jewelry Lucien had given me, pieces I had once treasured.I returned every piece of jewelry. In the end, I kept only the etiquette notebooks, and fed them into the fireplace.As the flames consumed those pages of meticulous notes, I felt no regret.Those elaborate vampire customs had once taken over most of my life.I was terrified of missing a single detail, terrified that one mistake
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