Eyes dark as coal peered at her from under a shock of silver-white hair as her grandfather stood in the doorway.
Sapphire swallowed hard and scanned her room for a makeshift sword.
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Memories of her time with her father washed through her, both easing and intensifying the ache.
Tears stung her eyes, and she swatted them away. She would not cry.
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Sapphire glanced wistfully at the immaculate gardens beyond the carriage windows. “He really loves her.”
“Yes.” Matthias paused a moment. “Are you sad you settled for less?”
“Who said I settled?”
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Lord Carsons looked down his beak-like nose at her. “You are a disgrace to this family.”
Fighting back her tears, Sapphire straightened her spine and met her grandfather’s stare. “There’s your second mistake. A pirate captain’s daughter doesn’t care what you think.”