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the welcome gala

ring follow spots cut precisely i

nines. Easton and Clint flanked them like loyal guards, and the true bloodline st

ork's top news outlets merged into a single whi

flawless smile of a great lady, tears glinting at exactly the right corner of her eyes. "Eighteen years ago, an accident l

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affection, then straightened, and her gaze swept over the p

om her assistant and held it hig

was wronged, I hereby declare, in my capacity as

held it

immediately, the adopted daughter Aimee's distribution

oment, every trust dividend and every property income formerly held in her name is

aised her for eighteen years and has done more than enough. F

elite leaned into each other, eyes

r face and weeping, while the corner of her

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phone from Felicia

ld family," Hank's voice boomed through the hall, generous as a god granting al

hick finger straight at table twent

front of every camera here, she will read her welcome add

e a cold scalpel, slicing through the darkness of the hall

k, afraid of catching wha

ery whispered remark turned in that instant i

dicted. Clint stood at the edge of the platform, cold pressure in his eyes. Easton

ding glare and ros

my wrist slid, without a s

r emitted a very faint hum, as though something col

h the slow dissection of a thousand eyes, I wa