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Intro. The opulent ballroom hummed with the artificial cheer of Lucas’s wedding, a spectacle I was forced to witness. My heart hammered, not from fear, but from the cold fire of vengeance simmering beneath my fragile skin. I am Elara, a ghost in this gilded cage, Lucas’s property, a girl he bought and now keeps to torment. He calls me trash, his mistress, Olya, glares at me with venomous disdain, and my past is a tapestry of endless abuse. But they are all fools. They see a broken toy, a weak, innocent girl. They don't see the silent predator, the calculating mind that watches, waits, and plans. They will all pay.

Elysium

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