At my brother’s extravagant wedding, my father pointed at me and announced, “You were always the mistake of this family.” But when a powerful General stepped forward and made one unexpected gesture toward me… the whole ballroom froze — and none of them were ready for what came next... Sunlight refracted through the chandeliers, scattering tiny prisms across the marble floors of the Palm Cove Island mansion. Guests in couture dresses and silk suits floated from group to group, their polite smiles