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When the guards came to take Daphne in the late evening, panic filled her. She had dreaded this moment all day; she had been unable to do anything. They would torture her now. Hurt her for being Conrad’s daughter.

“No! No! Please, just leave my princess alone!” Sadie cried to the guards as they took Daphne’s hand.

Daphne’s only solace was that Rosalie wasn’t around to witness this; she was at the