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Zander's POV.

The party was a swirl of faces, voices, and bursts of laughter, all blending together into a chaotic buzz. However, the instant Lyra spoke to Aria, it was as if everything else in the room disappeared. The noise faded, the faces blurred, and all I could focus on were her words-sharp, deliberate, and cutting through the air like a blade.

"I was his true love," Lyra had said