We were all his playthings, but unlike everyone else in Yong’s household, I wasn’t okay with that. I refused to worship the ground he walked on, which was why Yong refused to let me go. It didn’t matter that I was a dog-faced girl who couldn’t dance or sing or master the magic he’d paid so much for me to be born with. I was the one human who didn’t act as if he was my moon, sun, and stars, and that stung his pride. He wouldn’t stop until he’d put me back in my place, which was why I had to win no matter what. I’d risked everything to get into this game. If I couldn’t play as dirty as he did,
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