AMARA I barely slept that night. I spent most of the night lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, trying to understand how my father could make such an important decision without even asking me if I was willing to do it. Every time I tried to convince myself that he might change his mind in the morning, I remembered the way he had looked at me at the dinner table when he told me that I would take Selene's place.By morning, I had no appetite. I stayed in my room with the curtains half-open, still wearing the loose shirt I had slept in. My laptop was on the desk, but I had not touched it. The design I had been working on yesterday was still open on the screen, and normally I would have already been working on it, but I could not bring myself to care about it that morning.There was a knock on my door, and before I could answer, my father opened it and walked inside. He looked at me for a moment before coming closer to the bed.“You're still in bed. I asked the maid to bring your bre
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