The aftermath (2)

Author's note: this is from Magda's point of view

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I was furious to hear John speaking so highly about that wench, yet he is giving me orders to go to some stinky school or to get married.

I am his sister. How can he treat me this way?

It's all Seraphina's fault!

"Why do you care about her? Didn't you see how close she was to Drago? She left with him!"

John exhaled irritably. "You really are stupid, Magda. Seraphina and Drago are childhood friends. Considering that my own father is courting Seraphina despite her rejections and that my sister was glaring daggers at her like a toddler who can't get her way, there were zero chances that Seraphina would turn to me for protection."

I couldn't believe this! She bewitched my brother to the point of turning him stupid. How can he ignore the obvious?