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o longer force me away. He sat back down, his

venom before turning her attention

h to bring her down. She had been managing this house

dy Eleonora, who was watc

he assembly once more. My voice was not loud

nk I have gone mad today. That I am unf

urmurs. They waited to he

ess of House Croft, is sitting alone in a side chair, while the woman hosting this family ceremony

tion wa

onora's younger sister. She had come to stay w

re you talking! My sister and I are very close. It is because of

after my mother married into House Croft, her health only grew w

turn to your own home? Instead, you took over her household, raised your daughter under this ro

ng to Elara. "You arrived here as my mother's relativ

g back the skin of this false, hap

r, shifted uncomfortably. They ha

rembling finger at me. "This is our family's privat

I had never shown before. "Father, when you and mother were newlyweds,

tress of this house while my moth

h illness, that bribed the physician to tamper wit

aler. At the last question, she swayed

're lying!" she shrieked, h

he may have had her suspicions, but she had never imagined the truth w

and closing like a fish, but no words came o

Elara's own servants after her downfall. This li

e family dispute. This was a massive scandal

, you have a heart of stone!" an old woman, a great-aunt with high s

ispers turning to open condemnation. The virtuous imag

us hatred. "No! My mother is not that kind of person! It's you! Yo

. "You know best whethe

fending your aunt. But have you ever considered that the woman you so f

nfusion. He looked from me to Elara,

d away all the pretense in

"virtuous" and her "service" to the family. I had ju

ch into another hysterical deni

e that Lady Elara be... e