The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

"Am I imagining things, or does Stella's performance of 'Moonlight' sound almost exactly like the original composer's?"

"The original composer? You mean that Raven Williams from Neo-Vespera University, right? I heard she's in the University's Hall of Fame-a total enigma. No one even knows what she looks like!"

"Plenty of virtuosos have played 'Moonlight,' but none of them have ever captured that unique timbre the composer brought to it."

"There's no way Stella is Raven, is there? I've seen Stella perform 'Moonlight' before, and it's nothing like the original."

"Yeah, but last time, Stella wasn't playing on the Nocturne Stella. Wasn't it some generic piano? I still have the video on my phone..."

"Could Stella actually be Raven?"

"This performance of 'Moonlight'... it's uncanny, really."

The astonished whispers rippled through the crowd. Even Simone, usually so composed, looked genuinely surprised.

"Aurora, if I remember right, the composer of 'Moonlight' was called Raven, wasn't she? In the Williams family, isn't that Stella's name too? Could it really be her?"

Aurora was caught off guard as well.

the composer, Raven, but always figured

crossed her mind that Stella could be the brilliant, legendary

Simone laughed softly. "Aurora, your half- sister really is

never

be fair, neither

raised Stella, she could never truly compare to young women born and bred with privilege and

herself, masking her initial shock with a smile. "If Stella's getting so much attention, that's not necessarily a bad thing. When Father finally reveals her identity, at least the Williams family won't be

is planning to go public

be willing to hand it

yet we

that comes out, the rumors

"When the time comes, Father will let it

youthful indiscretions."

Understanding dawned on Simone.

Skyler planned to let everyone

that title

Williams family was willing to go

course. In these powerful families, feelings