A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

The next morning, when Calliope got out of bed, everyone else was already up.

Monty spotted her right away and called out with a grin, "Hey, Callie! You're finally up! Breakfast is ready! Come grab a plate!"

Calliope nodded, making her way over to him.

Horatio and Valerian came over at the same time, both greeting her with warm, sleepy smiles before sitting down right next to her.

A few minutes later, Lisette Jewell strolled in. She paused for a split second, noticing how everyone was gathered around Calliope, and couldn't help feeling a little left out.

Still, she kept her face neutral. No way was she letting them see her annoyed. She didn't believe for a second that Calliope could hold everyone's attention forever. After all, they'd always loved her most-sooner or later, things would go back to the way they were.

"Morning, everyone!" Lisette called out, sounding chipper as ever.

She took a seat and glanced around the table. "I slept great last night! It's been ages since I've stayed in our house. Sure, the room is smaller, but I haven't slept so soundly in a long time."

Calliope looked up, eyebrow raised. "Huh. I don't remember anyone asking how you slept."

wavered. Her cheeks flushed with irritation, and she shot

I could think about was you guys. And I was super worried

eyes narrowed with skepticism, like she doubted Calliope could actually pull it off. What if something went wrong? What if

you can fix his legs? I mean, even all those specialists couldn't do it. Are

curiosity and challenge in her

for being

legs. That's not something you can

concern for Horatio, at least on

bite of her pancake, then looked Lisette dead in the eye. "If you're that worried,

her face turning a little red. She hadn't expected

have

“But no one can guarantee a one hundred percent success rate. It's not like you can promise you won't get

can do is give it everything I've got. I've already explained everything to Horatio and the others. If you're not happy about it, I can always step aside."

even more flustered, glancing at Horatio

spoke up, "Lisette, you don't have to worry. Callie's already explained everything to us. She knows what she's