Chapter 93

Katniss took a few steps back, dodging Clara, and checked out the folks standing behind her.

Everyone from the Manners family was there, except for her.

Clara was rocking a camel coat today, a limited edition that cost a small fortune, and her perfume was some fancy brand.

Katniss's eyes landed on the ruby brooch on Clara's dress. It used to be Elodie's favorite piece of jewelry, something she cherished for years.

Once, Katniss accidentally knocked it to the ground, and Elodie lost it, beating her up pretty bad.

She even got punished with no food for a day.

A servant felt sorry for her and snuck her some bread and soup that night.

But the next morning, Katniss had a high fever, and it wasn't until her teacher called about her missing all her morning classes that anyone noticed.

Elodie, fuming, kicked open her door, saw her still in bed, and thought she was just being lazy and skipping school. She yanked off the covers, threw it to the ground, stomped on her with high heels, and cursed her out. It wasn't until she dragged her out of bed that she realized something was wrong. She touched Katniss's forehead and found it burning hot.

She quickly called a doctor to the house.

Since that day of hunger and high fever, Katniss's stomach had been weak. Even her favorite foods could make her nauseous if she ate too much.

Seeing the ruby brooch brought back a flood of memories for Katniss, a stark contrast to now. The brooch she once got punished for touching was now a birthday gift from Elodie to Clara.

Katniss's bright

should I celebrate yours? And don't touch me, your perfume is making me sick. Be careful, or

had to run into these unpleasant

at the people behind her, biting her lip as she apologized, "Katniss, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that

explained, "I was just happy to see you. We share the same birthday, and of course,

it our fault for not celebrating her birthday? She's the one who wanted to cut ties. Do we have

you think you could be engaged to Desmond? Could you become the only

then, the marriage arrangement Carlton and Grandpa Ezekiel made was for her, who hadn't even been born

expression froze, and she

body, Desmond reached out to hold her, "Don't

to Desmond's face, her cold eyes staring at him for a moment, "Do you

he had no way to counter

on his face where Katniss had

expression stayed cool as she walked

fuming. Katniss was totally out of control,

and landed on the gift box in Nathan's hand. He

a black figure appeared, blocking Katniss and catching the thrown gift box with an iron-like arm.

see Conrad Wall standing behind her, holding a deformed gift

hospital. The other was Uriah Wall,

eyes swept over everyone, clearly warning them that if they

looked at the furious Oliver, "Do you think I'll let you

flickered, and he said

from Conrad's hand and threw it forcefully to the ground. The

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