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"Miss Hawthorne, you've occupied the position of the legitimate daughter for sixteen years. It's time to return what isn't yours." I smiled and handed the engagement ring back to Edward Hawthorne. "Perfect timing. I didn't want this marriage anyway." All of Kingston's high society waited to watch me get kicked out of the Hawthorne family and end up on the streets. Three days later, the Crown Prince showed up at the Hawthorne Manor. He draped an embroidered cloak over my shoulders with trembling hands. "My mentor told me on his deathbed that the daughter he lost had a red flower birthmark on her right shoulder." The Hawthorne family stood frozen, watching the cloak settle onto me. The kind of cloak only the Crown Princess could wear.