His Mafia Betrayal, My Unwanted Heir.

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d light over the hundreds of guests below. To anyone else, this was the wedding of the season-a union be

rofit over loyalty, had chosen to marry Janiyah C

y fingers drifted to my throat, tracing the cool metal of the sapphire pendant resting there. It was the l

obe

She was a vision in white lace and malicious intent, her dark eyes scanning me with a p

ose enough that her cloying perfume choked the ai

r a worthy occasion," I

t necklace. It's a bit dated for a girl your age, don't you think? It clashe

manicured hand.

belonged to my mother.

just enough to draw the attention of the nearby guests. "And I a

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ply flicked her gaze to the hulking brute standing a few fe

nees slamming painfully onto the plush carpet. A gasp rippled through the crowd, but no one moved. Not the soldi

" Janiyah

of muscle. He grabbed the delicate chain and yanked.

eave her

o had raised me when my father was too busy counting money, rushed

cer's arm, a futile a

er!" Arlen

, a brutal, efficient kick to her stomach. Arlene flew backward. Her he

toward her, but the enforcer's boot press

e of dark blood snaking down her temple. S

forcer. She held the sapphire up to t

nced. "Just like th

onto the marble floor. The sapphire shattered on

ggling. The ai

directly onto my hand as I reached for the fragments. She pressed dow

copper, refusing to give her

ning down so only I could hear. "And learn res

the band to resume playing. The music swelled

blood on the floor and the shattered remnants of my mother's legacy, the gri

find them one. Even if I had