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wine filled the room as

in spreading across his flushed face. "Don't worry, I'll ma

ddled in the corner, weeping as his grimy hands tore my dress.

earth. Beside it rested a heavy black iron

ped my fingers around

his breath. He expected me to cower. In his eyes, I was still the timid, easi

etreat a s

me breath, the heavy iron poker in my hand sliced through the a

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hoed loudly in the quiet room. The iron p

hing his shattered leg as he collapsed heavily to the floor. "K

n poker again, bringing it dow

ly like a sack of wet grain, his screams

zen graveyard, and planted the heavy, ash-stained ti

widened in absolute terror, the sheer pai

his massive body trembling uncontrollably

h, the first daughter of this House. And you are a filt

stretched wrist-the very hand that had dared to touch me

n

followed by his muffled,

ear, my voice a venomous whisper. "L

idn't even need to ask to k

Gale drugged me and sent Lachlan, the bas

e brought a crowd of nobles in to catch

, my reputation was

legitimate heir of House Beaumont. The two of them had been having a secre

ous. He locked me in the ancestral hall for half

ne, I would never have fallen for Pr

n the heavens couldn't stand the sight of Damian and Gale,

ng the crowd of nobles waiting outside, his courage returned. "Kara, my older brother Anse

down on his ribs. I grabbed a heavy silver candlestick fro

. And

recognizable pulp. Until his arrogant snee

dlestick, calmly smoothing

l of his own blood and vomit like a beaten dog. There

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d. I saw a man go in with my

ter really... having an illicit affai

e remained perfectly innocent. "There must be a mistake. My sister

the manor? Let's all go see what kind of person she really is today. Once w

luctance on her face, but the girls beside her were alread

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shed wide open

, flanked by a gaggle of young nobles eager for a sc

l. The young lords and ladies admiring the flowers in the courtyard had heard eve

ete 'Dragonless' waste. She's barbaric and unrefined, ye

possessing a powerful Dragon Soul. Isn't it hilarious that he ra

ct Dragon Soul and mastered all the Dragon Court arts. She's the t

ghly respected lord and the Prince's tutor. Second, because my sister

crude brute who lacked a Dragon's Scent and only knew how to

stop the crowd, but 'helplessly' foll

ey saw me standing tall in my red dress, with a man crushed