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Bullied By The Alpha Prince: Relationships at the Start

Noticing the Missing Twin at Mealtime

Meet them in the first five chapters See the ebook edition

This opening note focuses on the first paragraphs of chapter 1. The free reading sample contains five complete chapters.

Relationships in the opening

Noticing the Missing Twin at Mealtime

Miss Lucy's care gives Seraphina an example of kindness across the divide she otherwise distrusts. Seraphina then notices that a young boy has arrived without his twin and takes his frightened silence seriously. Finding Emily surrounded by bullies, she draws their attention to herself so the child can leave. The scene makes support observable through attention and risk, rather than a general claim that everyone in the orphanage is close.

What allows Seraphina to recognize Emily's need before anyone explains it aloud?

Read the scene in chapter 1