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Camila

Sneaking around the mansion, I feel like the eyes of every staff member are on me. They’re not who I’m avoiding though.

I do my best to leave my room only for a quick meal and nothing else. It’s the only option I have until I figure out what to do. Mom gave me what I asked for—information—but the weight of it is crushing me.

What do I do with the knowledge that my loving father isn’t really my father? This knowledge is a brutal beast hiding in the shadows, hunting me for some unknown purpose. Pandora’s Box must have been simpler than this.

I haven’t processed the news. Not truly. It sits in my stomach like a boulder, and I have no tools to chip it apart. It’s lodged so firmly I barely have any appetite. I have to make myself eat. I rub my belly tenderly. It’s not just me I have to take care of.

I’m nearly down the stairs to the first level when I see him.

Asher is on his way up the steps, and he spots me before I can retreat from view. I’ve been avoiding him since our tense enc
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