of righteous fury. "Apolog

used when he thought he was being the protective older brother

his eyes burning with a mix of pain and indignati

t, my beloved protector

around them. A sympathetic ear for Marco's burdens, a damsel in distress for Alexa

, slow and

shrank back behind Alexander,

ed out, my hand a blur, and snatched

rine

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d. The sound cracked th

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der roared, l

sily, letting his mo

rm. "Enough! You'r

my arm free. "Oh, we'r

ousehold staff who had froze

nger just a birthday celebration. Consider it my official in

lances. The head butler, old Gia

urst into theatrical tears. "She's jea

f a maid?"

ons had gone out under the name "Angelina Corle

uickly formed a protective s

staff to hear. "Katherine – Angelina – is the one my family

ther, I can attest. This is Angel

d, "I'm Angelina's head of sec

my three betraye

xture of confusion and dawning fear. This was not