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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 sent a DNA sample of my own and my father's to a private lab for analysis. Finding out that Alden Du Pont isn't my father isn't as devastating as finding out that Colton Vacheron is. And that he likely knew, and still he…

The thought of twists my insides out.

I flinch at the burst of light, quickly rearranging my nerves like something that split into tiny pieces and scattered in every direction.

Chapter 117