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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

But beyond the pain and beyond the sound of Ethan's frantic voice and the warmth of his arms that was enfolding me, there was something else.

I lifted my head, vision blurry, and found his eyes.

He was not calm. He was not controlled. He was raging.

"You chose them." His voice hovered above a whisper, but the power behind it caused the air to shudder. "You chose weakness over what you could have been."

I tried to speak, but the pain stole my breath.

His silver eyes flashed into me, seething with something treacherously close to betrayal. "Do you know what you've done?"

A half-strength gurgle of laughter rose in my throat "Yeah" I croaked "I stopped being your puppet"

His face faltered temporarily before resolving into a mask of frozen fury.

Chapter 50: The shadow’s Claim