Th`e Years I L+@ost You

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Stella, @once the Im:=*:;peria[l ,+;Capital’s Chief Judic+ial Magist-;rate, was framed by a meticulously plotted con /spir,-[a).cy. She was branded a tr(,$aito? r to= t@he):; Cha?#*mb-er=+$ of Comme]
-rce and blam@ed for the !=d)\eath of th% e Lord Henry’s parents. [( Torme;nted by /.d *^espair a(nd ha%
tred, He=^ ^nry, who h; 
a,,/d on[
ce l)+oved@/ her deeply, t^urne d d= _[ark%,‑hearte d. He w/i*[+elded hi?s authority t_o force‑marry St;ella and su;^
:bjecte-.%d (#; (her:=@
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.!_able retribution: c*_ompellin@)g(=$ her to_!@%* kneel an+:d k-:[owtow, pierci:ng her body with poiso@\ned ne. .edle-(s, a\_nd even -*-sending her .
to the Shado;:w Monast?ery t o und**)ergo+? the “Soul P@[+ur#`;?ific ation R=itual”, a `%pr[ocedu),re
t*hat st^%+ ri,pped aw@=ay \__memor+ies[ and emotions.
Batter-+[#ed/? t^o the *! brink , S-tel=?!la.# los[)t all /#reco =l`%lection )^_of lov?e?@ and ha:%te. She*! signe
[:d t[he contra,_[_c/$t o;f annulment and v!=an%,^ ished/$ with,out a trace. Shortly after( her d? eparture,; Henry uncov ered t\)he fu_(-ll truth: th
e  (.entire sch`#eme had been ]
o$[rche(^ ]s-#tr
_=ated by his  fi!a(/$/ncée)? Vivian and her _$*^ family. Ov`=e% rwhelmed by remorse, Henry slew hi#_s \-/en![@emies at !their +wed:^,din?g ceremo]!(ny, the[$?n embarked[ on`. a frantic quest to fi;%n? [?d Stella and atone for his)^ sins. When he fi@^n;?ally )tra[c,$k/#^@ed h(er do%;wn in a f-[*/oreign land, she had built a bra++[n.d‑new life= for hersel!+^f, gua[:=-rded by a gentle knight. He[ [
r #clea]_\@r, unclouded eye] s h  ]eld no !^trace of )him what] #so #ev-^er;*-.(] Co+ul[[d a $;shattered mirror ever:\  be mended? @^
]To his be late;\ d! ^ devoti`on,, she-% gave her answer wi th a :han? d‑carved woo/-den ri.\ng.