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Author: Racheal
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Chapter Eighty-Six: Left Behind

(Cara's POV)

It was near electric. The music was blaring with the beat of footsteps and the laughter of people as Sophia, Liam, and Vanessa finished their last touches to walk away. They were perfection-perfect-looking—wearing expensive fabrics, hair neatly styled, dressed to stroll in to the wedding as if they did not care that the world was in their debt.

I stood by the door, twiddling with the humble dress I had been able to prepare. It was less elegant than Sophia's or Vanessa's, but it was neat. I didn't anticipate overshadowing them—I just wanted to be there.

Deep within me, I believed that I would get to go. That even though I wasn't one of them, that even though I wasn't Luna's favorite, that somehow I would still get this chance.

I was wrong.

"You're not going."

Luna's voice was cutting, unrelenting, leaving no space for argument.

For a moment, I believed I had misheard. I glanced around at her, my heart skipping a beat.

"What?" My voice was so
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