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for everything. ***

Not now, not ever. No woman is worth fighting for.

It was covered in blood. By the time they found Ginevra, it was already late at night. She stood at the railing in a white dress by a lake on the outskirts of the city, her hair disheveled. "Ginevra!" Luca rushed over. "Luca!" Ginevra cried pitifully. "I'm ruined. I'm already ruined. I'm not worthy of you anymore..." "It's fake! It's just AI!" "But everyone's seen it... People's words can destroy you, Luca." Ginevra trembled as she pointed at Serena. She said, "Ms. Vitale, I know you're jealous that I have Luca's love, but you shouldn't slander me like this!"

All a rumor. * * *

I screamed. “My Queen?” he rumbled, low as thunder. “I’ve lost everything! You promised me the world, I could have friends, popularity, wealth, Dex. You gave me nothing! You lied!” “I gave what you asked but nothing is forever, new tributes are always required to maintain,” his voice making the ground shake. I struggled to stay upright, my tipsy state making me wobble from side to side as his voice reprimanded my disrespect. “I asked for Dex, he was all I wanted, and I’ve ended up just like Kate! No friends and nobody to give a shit, how is that right? How am I your Queen if I am so fucking miserable!”

"Are you delusional or just daft? Didn't you hear what I said? You do not stand a chance, Zara. Are you blind, or can't you see the arrows pointed at you? Try to fight me and let me see how many steps you can take. Do not think that because you tried to blackmail these warriors emotionally, they will not shoot at you, it is going to work. They will all do their duties, once I give the order. No matter how much you say you want to die, the reality is that you want to live. If you wanted to die, you would not have run to this deserted place. I don't even understand how you think you can make a life living here. How could you even choose to be this way? You had everything, Zara. Everything anyo

I whispered, I didn't know what else to do” “I don't need your sorry, I need you to stop pretending that you belong here, pretending that you are married to my son, pretending that everything is fine when really it isn't. We all see it, you are nothing but a selfish bitch who wants nothing else but herself and that's where we are wrong”

“If I fall, let me fall with truth in my mouth. If I bleed, let my blood birth change. If I die, let it be a spark—not an end.” She lowered the spear with reverence. “Let this be written by our hands. Not in ink. Not in legend. But in fire.” Her voice, one last time, reached across the stars. “We fight not for blood… but for breath.” “We fight for the Realm.” From every corner of the world, the answer came like a flood: “FOR THE REALM!” Destiny looked out over her people, her soldiers, her children—and smiled. --

The doctor had made it clear to her parents that she must never get sick now, or it would cause an infection. If that happened, then no one could save her. And Rory did not want to die. Smack! Linda slapped Rory across the face right then, snapping, "If you'd die that easily, why are you still alive now?! "Make up your mind, Rory—you're nothing without Henry Barnes, and you've been expelled from that elite school on top of that. From now on, you'll have to live in this rundown rental, and only that useless Zach Foster can be your daddy. Everything you ever had is gone!"

Faith tried to speak to Mary, but she refused to open her bedroom door. Faith sighed. Why couldn't this girl understand the position she was in? She didn't like to act like her mother any more than Mary did, but she had no choice. Their mother passed away years ago, forcing Faith to take on a mother's role and take care of Mary and her father. The next day, Mary went to school without telling her goodbye. Faith didn't have the time to argue with her as she was already running late for work.