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Isabella

The room was first silent. Until Donatella exploded in a flurry of screams and shouts.

"We have been with the system for generations! You cannot come here and change it. It would be better if you step aside and let the one who is meant to sit on the throne handle this.

You cannot do this! I will stop you. I promise I will not let this stand! Hundreds of years of tradition thrown away by your kind! I should have sided with Sandra when she called you a nameless scum. Because that is what you are," her voice lowered with the last word.

She was panting heavily, and when the realization of what she had said dawned on her, horror took over her features. She raised a hand to cover her mouth and gently began to shake her head.

But I had already seen this from the start. I had seen that you would offer no apology but instead, you would walk out of the room. Her eyes turned to me as though she sought me to stand beside her. But she was alone. She dropped her hand and squared her shou