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CHAPTER 165
~Valerie's POV~
If I had thought for even a second that the scandal circling my name would die down by morning, I was dead wrong.
I barely stepped past the front gates when the buzz hit me—hushed voices, wide eyes, phones being shoved in faces, girls whispering in corners and guys either gawking or pretending not to care.
Except… they weren't looking at me anymore.
They were looking at her.
Titania Estrella Sage.
The Fae princess. High-cheekboned, perfect-skinned, silver-tongued royal who walked through PSA like she was too sacred to breathe the same air as the rest of us.
However, today, she looked like she'd been slapped by the gods.
Her eyes were glassy. Her stride uneven. And the moment they saw her, students leaned in to whisper just loud enough for her to hear.
"Did you see the video?"
"I heard she paid someone to leak Valerie's clip."
"She called herself noble blood and look—caught trying to sabotage a matebond case?"
"Disgraceful."
