MISTRESS OF THE GAME
Maybe if I had, I would not be here, trapped on a private island in the Marina district.
The cook came in quietly, her apron dusted with flour. “Do you want to eat, miss?”
I shook my head without even looking at her.
“You have to eat something,” she urged softly. “Even a little soup?”
I sighed. “Later. Not now.”
She hesitated, then nodded and left. The door closed and the silence returned.
My chest tightened, and memories flooded in. Not of Garrick, not of Storm, but of my childhood. Before all of this, before the lies, before the schemes.
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