In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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There weren't many left at this point. "I'm going to look for our parents!" I yelled at Rowan over the chaos. He nodded slightly, but didn't turn to look at me. He was busy handling the rest of the intruders.

Most of the guests were out of the room and most likely taken to a safe room in the palace. I spotted my parents ushering the last of the people out of the room. I ran up to them, breathless at this point. "You need to get out of here." They weren't in any immediate danger considering the wolves weren't going after any guests, but my priority was to get them out of dangers way, even if it wasn't major.

"We're fine. We'll leave when everyone is out of the room and safe," my mother assured me.

"Where's Rowan?" Oscar asked and I looked back in my brother's direction.

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