reaux' s voice boomed
y Locket will be Luna's husband and
n, surveying the gathered fa
the Boudreaux matriarch, gave
of generations, the kno
ornate, velve
Legacy Loc
icately carved, passed do
le of my bloodline co
k a b
reole melody, a song my mother taugh
nds started to emit
a, our family's signature
e present themselves?" I announ
hine brilliantly f
nger brothers and co
glances, though they tr
isn't here yet, we should
ux' s face dark
He dares to be late on such a cru
astened, approach
Locket, it glowed wi
liant, j
good hearts," I announ
n or the resilience needed to navigate th
eir faces etched w
wardly s
re fundament
good intentions. It would t
n wasn't root
e the Devereaux
rtened. His empire ne
oman whose smile never quite
is the Locket's choice. Antoine, dear, perha
was smooth
, the grand doors of
ereaux s
piring influencer, clung
t, adoring, when
and his expression turne
en glance at
to one knee, not befor
e humility, "since I am clearly the Locket's choice,
ect, then turned slightly,
n to make Chantelle Dubois my off
illed t
rackled w
the heavy oak table. The s
d? Aspiring to be a Devereaux matriarch? The Oracle is to be the primary wife
started to move t
Chantelle by my side!" Beau jumped u
lazed with
you don't bless our union, I'll renounce my claim to the
!" Antoine was livid
ng a potential openin
edia model really worth more than th
nt than Chantelle," Beau declared, bow
t not
tely n
ing devotion to Chantelle in m
out to explode, o
to s
et," I said, my voice calm, cutting through
e Locket hadn' t ch
magic, my sacrifice,
e pain, the spi
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