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Edwina

Everything I had worked for, the dreams I had, all crumbled before my eyes like a fragile sandcastle swept away by the tide. I was nothing more than a pawn, an innocent accomplice in Damien's wicked schemes.

My heart ached with the sting of loss. My mother, father, Queen Olivia, and sweet Benita—all sacrificed at the altar of Damien's sinister plans. Their lives were extinguished for nothing more than my blind obedience, a blind trust that rendered me an instrument of destruction.

The realization clawed at my conscience—I had played a role in all their demises

The weight of regret clung to my every breath, The path I had chosen, guided by misplaced trust and misguided decisions, led to the ruin of everything I held dear.

I was ensnared in Damien's web of evil—a pawn in a game of treachery that claimed the lives of those closest to me. My mother, father, Queen Olivia, and dear Benita—all fallen victim to the diabolic plans I unintentionally aided.

In the solitude of my grief, qu