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.

sound echoed through the hall, and with it, the murmur of the

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Chapter 83

Chapter 83

just you, my one

crook of

lose you, thank you for

that moment, something shifted

the one that had been arranged by the Moon Goddess,

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connection that went beyond

though our souls had aligned, and I knew that Leo

Lorne, was close, and I could sense Lena, my own wolf, radiating

informing me that I needed to wait

to leave Leo's embrace, but knowing

before we parted, a matter for

nodded, his eyes never leaving mine as

pianists, many of whom came

words were kind, but I couldn't help noticing the way Aria stood to the side, her

but had also left her isolated, the other

passed slowly as I waited, the

the results were in and the awards ceremony

stood, the weight of the

I walked toward the stage, the other competitors following

sense of accomplishment that still lingered from my

the outcome, I knew I

all.

couldn't help but glance over at Leo, who had

with a love and pride that

moment, nothing else mattered. Not the competition,

knowledge that, no matter what happened, we would face

in the

spectators, judges, and contestants, was on the verge of announcing the winner of the most prestigious award in

prizes to be awarded: three special prizes in addition to the gold, silver, and

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

was down to just two people: Aria and

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