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“There’s a baby picture of me inside,” I said. “Why does the demon queen have my picture displayed like some shrine? What am I to her?”

“It’s not my secret to tell,” Moirai said, her voice softening with sadness. “But in time, all will be revealed. Lilith has sacrificed more than anyone—and she wasn’t of demon origin.”

She was a fallen star.

Queen Lilith stood in the limelight, the crowd parting without her command. Her hair, two shades darker than Barbie’s, flowed like captured golden sunlight. Her green eyes brimmed with raw power. Now that I looked straight at her, a flicker of familiarity caught my eyes—something about her echoed Barbie. But the moment I tried to focus on it, the similarity dissolved like morning mist.