The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

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Chapter 8

[This girl is PSYCHO. How tf is she only 19?!?]

[Someone LOCK HER UP! This isn’t just bullying, it’s attempted MURDER!]

Under the tsunami of public pressure, Shane and his crew finally cracked. In a hastily arranged press conference, they admitted Victoria had paid them not just to traumatize me, but to ensure I “wouldn’t be a problem anymore.”

Her exact instructions: make it look like an accident.

This bombshell detonated across social media. Dozens of former classmates emerged from the woodwork, posting their own Victoria horror stories.

“Valentina helped me learn combinations when I first transferred,” one wrote. “Meanwhile, Victoria was putting thumbtacks in people’s pointe shoes.”

Far from being her victim, I’d been her obsession–she’d sabotaged auditions, slashed my costumes, and planted rumors with visiting choreographers that had cost me professional opportunities.

The backlash was merciless. #Victoria WintersIsOverParty trended for days.

of American Ballet maintains the highest standards of personal conduct. In light of recent revelations, we have

received the news. The

she shrieked, hurling a vase against the

pitch. “She stole everything from me! Everything that should have been MINE! I should have been Maxwell Dagonet’s daughter! I’LL FUCKING END HER! I SWEAR TO

exploded with vicious takedowns: “Honey, your mom was literally screwing a married man for 20 years. You’re the side piece’s kid. Stay in your

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your own daughter/sister because your

blackmail schemes, even a suspicious fire

Camilla. Someone doxxed her, leading to protesters outside her apartment building with signs reading “HOME WRECKER” and “CHILD

PROXY.”

feel vindicated? Not particularly.

simply balancing its

Dad and Caspian huddled outside the

face, they recognized me

gone steel gray, his designer suit hanging off his frame

girl, I-” He struggled visibly. “I’ve destroyed everything. I was blind. So fucking

you from competing with Victoria. I swear to God, I never meant for you

Val, I never wanted this…”