Katherine’s POVFIVE YEARS EARLIER…"Are you okay, Miss Katherine?"That voice. I turned so fast I almost fell, my lungs burning as I gasped for air.I lurched forward, my knees buckling as I grabbed the edge of a vanity table. I was gasping, my lungs burning as if they were still filling with blood, my throat screaming from the memory of the silver blade.I stared at my hands. They were clean. No dirt. No blood. No scars."Miss?"I looked up and froze. Standing there, holding a fresh lace shawl, was Francisca."Francisca!" I sobbed her name, lunging forward to throw my arms around her. I held her so tight I could feel her heart beating against mine.She was warm. She was breathing.In my last life, Sofia had her killed—murdered her for a "mistake" she never committed just to break my spirit. I had watched them drag her lifeless body across the stone floor, and now, she was standing here, smelling of starch and lavender."Miss... I can’t breathe... what’s the matter?" she gasped, try
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