Serena's Pov Cont…“What have you done to my son?!”Vivian’s voice slapped the air harder than her palm did my cheek. My face stung, but my pride burned hotter. I stood there frozen for a second, then something deep in my bones cracked. The kind of crack that doesn’t break you—it frees you.I met her eyes, loud and unflinching. “Don’t you ever lay your hands on me again.”She scoffed. “You turned Damien against his own mother! And now you’re standing here, about to marry your own stepbrother. Have you no shame?!”I flared. “Don’t twist this to fit your delusions, Vivian. Damien was never my brother. I didn’t even know he existed until I came here. So, whatever fantasy of a family you created in your little head doesn’t apply to me.”“You ungrateful brat!” she shrieked, hand raised again.“Touch me,” I dared her, “and I swear, I’ll call the guards and have you dragged out of here like the disgrace you are. I’m not that scared little girl you used to slap around. Try me.”The air thicke
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