The Discarded Heiress Princess

was still trembling, her gaze fixed on the ground, as if the weight of her emotions was too much to bear. Seraphina, however, stood tal

gher now. There wa

n, don't you? You think that by confronting me, you've somehow uncovered some great truth. But you

I'm not playing anymore. I'm done with the lies, done with pretending to be something I'm not. You're not m

ret this. You have no idea what you're dealing with. You think you've

within her, buried them in the ashes of her past. There was nothing left for him to take f

e of confusion and sorrow. "What do you mean, Seraphina?

been told is a lie. You're not Howard's biological daughter. He's kept that from you, from both o

hands shook as she grasped for something to steady herself, but the ground beneath her felt lik

t her very existence had been built on a lie. "I know it's hard to believe. But I've seen the proof. Your birth was part of

eemed to sway, her entire world collapsing around her. She had spent so many years fighting for her

king. "Please, stop. I don't want to

ou think she's telling the truth? Don't listen to her, Celestine. She's just trying t

away from both of them, her hands clutching her chest as if she were trying to hold hersel

re not alone. You don't have to stay with him. You don't have to live in this lie anymore. There's a world out there that doesn't wa

something she couldn't find. The realization that the life she had known for so

k away from everything? From the family that has given you everything? You think you can just era

anipulation. You think you're powerful, but all you've done is create a prison for everyone around

he fear lurking behind his eyes. The man who had controlled everythin

Howard's voice was a low growl.

carried the weight of a decision that had been years in the making. "No, I won't let you

ce seemed impossible. Celestine was no longer the frightened little girl she had

. "You're making a grave mistake," he

take," Seraphina replied, her voice calm

words. Howard was no longer the powerful figure he once was. He wa

s is where it ends, Howard. No more lies. No