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"Jeffrey, are you really going to wipe out my whole family for that woman?" Mercy Randall shouted, her voice hoarse. Her hair whipped around her as she stood atop Starlit House. The wind tore at her thin clothes, making them flap violently. Below, the four men she had once given everything to stared up at her with cold, indifferent eyes. Jeffrey Sanchez, the crown prince, claimed that she was too jealous and didn't deserve to be the crown princess. Clyde Guzman, the general, accused her of malice, blaming her for the severe injury to his childhood sweetheart. Ethan Manning, the wealthiest man in the country, called her greedy, saying she was coveting his fortune. Bentley Chapman, the shaman, declared that she was impure and unfit for his sacred medicine. She laughed so hard that tears streamed down her cheeks. She howled, "Very well. Today, with my blood as a curse, may you... "Never find peace in life and forever lose all you hold dear!" With that, she threw herself from the rooftop.