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Landen Vacheron, heir to a fortune built on oil and ambition, has lived his life as a wealthy playboy, the world bowing to his every whim, thanks to the empire his billionaire father, Colton Vacheron, forged. But as his older brother Vance steps into the role of CEO, Landen begins to see that the true cost of power and privilege is far greater than he ever imagined.

Avara Du Pont is a devoted daughter who set aside her own dreams to bolster her father’s political aspirations. Unaware of his dark secrets. When it comes to light, Colton Vacheron offers him a proposition he cannot refuse; a marriage alliance between Avara and Vance, as a way for him to garner more political influence. And Mayor Du Pont will receive a king’s ransom as payment to stave off the shadows spilling into his life. Avara agrees to the fake relationship in order to protect her family from her father's criminal ties.

Bloodbound: The Alliance

I stand behind Simon, watching his laptop screen from over his shoulder. I can't make out what program he's running. Or how he's sifting through the mounting data on a black digital spec.

"How long will your contact make… contact?"

"Depends, could be an hour, could be several more," he says with his fingers darting over the keyboard.

"I can't wait that long," I say uneasily. "I have a thing tonight. Gala dinner."

"Have to play dress up for daddy dearest?"

"Something like that," I reply bitterly, expunging what I can from my tone, when I say, "But I do need another favour."

"At this point do you even need to ask?" he says with his still fixated on the laptop screen.

His fingers freeze over the keyboard.

Chapter 116