Chapter 83 It said:

Elizabeth is a bitch.

My hands trembled slightly as I realized the sheet music had been swapped.

The familiar notes I had prepared were gone, replaced by something far more sinister.

I looked up at the staff member responsible for turning the pages, but he refused to meet my gaze, his eyes deliberately averted.

A cold wave of realization washed over me as I scanned the audience, searching for answers.

My eyes landed on Aria, who had just finished her performance.

e sat confidently in her seat, her lips curled into a smirk that radiated endless provocation.

Beside her, Sorcia was laughing, her face twisted into a mockery of what I imagined my own expression might have been.

The two of them had clearly orchestrated this, bribing the staff to sabotage me, and now they were sitting there, waiting for me to fail.

A murmur rippled through the audience as the delay in my performance became apparent.

The restless chatter grew louder, and I could feel the weight of hundreds of eyes on me.

Panic threatened to rise, but I caught sight of my father, Orlando, seated at the judges' table.

He was watching me closely, a slight frown creasing his brow, as though he could sense something was wrong.

But as a judge, he couldn't intervene.

I had signaled that I was ready, and now I had to prove it.

Taking a deep breath, I pushed aside the overwhelming urge to give in to the fear.

I sat down at the piano, letting the familiar feel of the keys ground me.

Without the sheet music to guide me, I had no choice but to rely entirely on my memory and the music ingrained in my heart.

The room fell into an uneasy silence as I pressed the first note.

with it, the murmur of the crowd

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Chapter 83

Chapter 83

said that, you're just you, my one and

his face in the crook

you for making

moment, something

that had been arranged by the Moon

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feel it, a connection that went beyond words, beyond

our souls had aligned, and I knew

I could sense Lena, my own wolf,

a staff member approached, informing me that I needed to wait in the lounge area while

leave Leo's embrace, but

in Leo's ear before we parted, a matter for him that only

his eyes never leaving mine as

area, I was surrounded by the other pianists, many of whom came over to

Aria

also left her isolated, the other competitors giving her a

slowly as I waited, the tension

the results were in and the awards ceremony was about

heart raced as I stood, the weight of

competitors following behind, I felt a surge of

sense of accomplishment that still

the outcome, I knew I had given it

all.

I couldn't help but glance over at Leo, who had taken a seat in the audience... His

love and pride that

that moment, nothing else mattered. Not the

we shared and the knowledge that, no matter what happened, we would

the auditorium was

spectators, judges, and contestants, was on the verge of announcing the winner of

awarded: three special prizes in addition to the gold,

smiles of victory and others with bittersweet acceptance, ascended the stage

gold medal remained, and it was down to just two

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