"Mom, Dad. This way, please," Dominic Mylod said, his voice carrying a warmth and familial respect that felt entirely genuine.
Carvel felt as if she were walking on air, her feet barely touching the plush carpet of the Royal Victoria Hotel. For the first time in her life, she felt a surge of pure, unadulterated triumph over her brother-in-law’s family. The years of biting her tongue and enduring their condescension seemed to evaporate as she walked past the barricades.
Behind them, the scene was one of frozen, stuttering disbelief. Eva Flynn stood paralyzed, her mouth slightly agape, while the rest of the Flynn family and the gathered circle of Duskhaven City sycophants looked on in stunned silence. The power dynamic had shifted so violently it left a vacuum in its wake.
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