A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 456

Chapter 457

A group of people quietly passed pieces of roast meat to the children and elderly seated nearby, making it seem like a casual gesture between conversations. The children’s eyes sparkled with excitement but they hesitated to eat, while the elders simply pushed the food back, refusing

it outright.

Alessia sat at the far end of the table, unassuming and quiet, yet

positioned perfectly to take in the entire scene.

“Eat a little more,” someone encouraged in a gentle voice. “You’ll need the strength to help me carry my backpack later.”

“You eat,” Susannah Holt replied, swallowing hard and nudging her bowl back. “Eat more-make sure you’re full.”

“The food on this table is for all of us. No one deserves more or less than anyone else,” Alessia answered, her tone calm but resolute.

Susannah blinked and watched as Alessia pushed the bowl back toward

her.

still fight her for snacks. Whenever she cried, even if she’d never had that treat before, her mother would scold her: You’re the big sister-can’t

was almost lost in the lively chatter,

up a finger. “This

there was

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She stopped hesitating and dug into

table, the two of them quietly finished

up, so efficient

quickly. She jumped in to help, showing no trace

deftly, as if she’d been pitching in all

everyone followed the villagers to

backpack slung over her own shoulders. Susannah’s grandmother, who had

this new teacher; even during dinner, though Alessia hadn’t sat with Susannah, she’d kept an eye on her. Susannah’s grandmother couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen her granddaughter so

Holt, I hope we won’t be too much trouble for you these next

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