Escaping the Valenti Vows

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When I pushed open the door to my father Albert's study, Selena was already sitting by the fireplace. Her posture was what it always was — perfectly obedient, perfectly still. Father looked up, and his eyes went straight to my ears. I had worn new earrings today, deliberately. They climbed from my earlobes all the way up to the cartilage — a neat little row of silver studs, glinting quietly in the firelight with a cool, indifferent light. This was my own private form of rebellion. Father's brow creased. "Evelyn, is this how you intend to present yourself when you marry into the Valenti family?" "I'm not marrying into anything." I dropped the engagement contract onto the desk in front o

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