POV THESSAThere is nothing more dangerous than a woman who has learned that respect is never begged from fools, it is bought in full or taken by force.My new assistant, Selene, a sharp, unyielding woman in a tailored dark suit whose credentials were flawless, held my handbag with the discretion of a shadow as we walked through the Lumière's luxury arcade.In less than three hours, I had stopped looking like the Windsor family's frumpy, overlooked servant. I wore an ivory silk crepe midi dress that skimmed my figure with almost unfair elegance, my chestnut hair falling in soft, polished waves over my shoulders, and ten-centimeter stiletto heels that marked each step across the marble like the beat of a war drum. The pale weariness and meekness that had defined the original Thessa were gone completely, replaced by smooth, porcelain skin and that cool, unreadable composure the system's passive refinement package had gifted me.We stopped before the entrance to Maison Valois, the most e
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