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Dante stepped forward and bowed low, his answer quick and smooth:
"Donna Valenti, it's nothing. Just a servant from the household. A maid, that's all."
That was when I laughed. A short, cold sound. I pulled the marriage certificate from inside my coat and dropped to my knees.
"Donna Valenti. I am no maid. I am Serafina Castellano, daughter of Don Enzo Castellano. And I am here to beg the Commission's blessing for an annulment of my blood-bound union with Dante Ferrante."
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