Chapter 40 Utterly Shameless

"Lady Genevieve gifted it to me, what?" Isolde replied with a smile. Framed by the swan hairpin, her unpainted face possessed a breathtaking, almost aggressive beauty.

But to Arabella, it seemed more like a provocation. The late king's authority was sacrosanct, even for Arabella, the princess.

Genevieve giving Isolde the swan hairpin carried an implicit blessing as her future daughter-in-law.

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