My Three Lovers and the Crown
“Her will was read last week. That’s when we found out about your existence. All these years, and she never spoke of you, Nyra. Not once. But she left you a legacy.”
Hope flickered, fragile as candleflame in a crypt. Statues didn’t earn wages. My accounts bled dust. Rumor painted my birth mother in silks and gold: old money, older secrets, a marriage sealed in boardrooms and bloodlines.
“Oh?” I didn’t want to sound too excited.
“Before I explain, you must experience it for yourself.”
“What do you mean?”
She rose, a passing of flames, and crossed the room.
“The true legacy is something passed to the firstborn daughter in our family. However, it comes with three gifts. They are to prepare you
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