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"Did you think that I would marry you instead of her? C'mon, you are only an orphan. No one knows where you originate from," Vickson's words kept repeating in Hailey's head after he had just embarrassed her by choosing her stepsister as his mate instead.
As if that was not enough for him, he still forced himself on her. And Hailey is blamed by her adoptive mother, as she forces the both of them to get married. She didn't want to bear the shame of what people would say.
But her stepsister, Ava, would rather die than watch the two of them live in peace as husband and wife….
Ava becomes their worst nightmare!

I want you back mate

I exhaled sharply, my determination crystallizing like steel. "Then we take the initiative." There was a lethal quality to my tone. "We draw out the traitors, sever Lyon's head from his body, and chase Ava before she can make another move on the board."

Mirra paused before continuing, her face growing darker. "It's not that simple. Ava has allied herself with something much darker. Something... not quite of this world."

There was complete silence in the room and a chill of sudden fear swept through me. The battle had just begun, and the foe we were about to fight was different from anything we'd ever fought before.

The room was shadowed, long jagged shadows playing across the floor as I paced, my heart beating a frantic rhythm against my ribs. My hands trembled not with fear but rage. Everything was slipping from my grasp unraveling like an overused carpet and I wouldn't let it happen.

Chapter 27: Ava's Last Gamble