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“Quinn, lock her in the attic. No food, no water. I want to see how long she keeps that attitude,” Marshall ordered coldly.

Quinn immediately called for a few servants to seize Sloane.

But just as they moved in-

“Stand down!”

A thunderous voice rang through the house. Everyone turned toward the entrance, startled.

An imposing figure stood in the doorway–Madam Rivers, the matriarch of the main Rivers family branch, upright and sharp–eyed despite the cane in her hand. Several grim–faced bodyguards flanked her.

He stepped forward

everyone like a blade—finally landing on Sloane, who was still surrounded. For a brief moment, a flicker of emotion

been through a lot, haven’t

something was in it for them. And yet here

a brief look of surprise before

her expression suddenly warm and kind. “We’re family, aren’t

smiled with practiced politeness, lips curved but eyes unreadable,

it.” Madam

looked down on them. At every holiday or family gathering,

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it. She’d tried to curry favor with Madam Rivers in the past, but had always been met with cold indifference. Not once had she received a kind word. And now- seeing Sloane accepted with open arms, spoken to so affectionately–her nails dug deep into her palms, eyes brimming with

Madam Rivers turned–and her

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