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Part Two For a few seconds, no one in the Malibu living room moved. The orange juice spread slowly across the pale rug, bright and bitter, like the truth

Parte 2 Durante unos instantes, el rey Alonso no escuchó nada. Ni el murmullo de la multitud. Ni el roce de las capas en las gradas. Ni siquiera el viento

  Part Two For several breaths, King Bennett and Henry simply stood facing each other with the crown lying in the sand between them.

Part Two For a moment, King Elias forgot the arena, the rival king, the nobles in bright cloaks, and the thousands of eyes watching from the stone seats.

  Part Two For a long moment, King Rowan held Oliver so tightly that the whole arena seemed to disappear around them. But the boy did not cry.

  Part Two King Alden held Thomas in his arms, but the boy did not melt into him right away. He stood stiff and quiet, one small hand still clutching

  Michael did not take Lily home that afternoon. He carried her, blanket and all, into the small family clinic three streets from the park, the one

Victoria’s mocking words, the polite murmurs of the high-society crowd, and the soft clinking of glasses under the vaulted ceilings of the historic Boston

Evelyn’s sharp smirk, the polite clinking of crystal glasses, and the arrogant whispers of San Francisco’s elite vanished in a single second, completely

Vivienne’s mocking laugh, the polite clinking of crystal glasses, and the arrogant whispers of Chicago’s elite vanished in a single second, completely