Chapter 14
SERAPHINA
It wasn't a question. I could see the answer in the careful way my family was watching me, in the pity that passed through Lucas's face before he could hide it.
"It's not finalized," Lionel said quickly, as if trying to soften the blow as he stepped forward a bit, his hands out as he continued speaking.
"It's just an arrangement, this is a political alliance that would benefit both territories and show everyone just how powerful they are."
"Who?" I asked, sounding small and fragile despite the font that I was trying to keep up, in their presence.
"Miranda Ashworth," my father said, and I felt the world tilt sideways, hearing that name as I felt anger bubbling inside me.
Miranda f*****g Ashworth. That was the daughter of our family's oldest rivals, she was also
