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As soon as the words fell and were heard by everyone, Marianna ran forward but the men around the stage held her back and she screamed hysterically. "No! Turn it off! Turn it OFF! It's a lie! Everything is a lie! He is lying! Turn it off!!" 

Ephyra ignored Marianna's hysterics, her gaze locked on the crowd as she let the room absorb the damning revelations. The ballroom was a sea of stunned faces, whispers swelling into an uneasy murmur. Eliot Allen stepped forward, his expression a mask of fury, disbelief, and pain. 

Enough of this madness," Eliot growled, his voice cutting through the tension. He turned to Marianna, his jaw tight with barely restrained anger. "You not only deceived me, you lied to me, making me believe Myra was my daughter, you sent men to kill my daughter and you were even the one who killed Elara."