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ad of your sister, Alexandra. If you re

onto the glass coffee table. The lid popped open, revealing a delicate diamond necklace nestled on white satin. The n

n her chest. She had known her sudden recall from the countryside wasn't out of familial love, but she

t. Not yet. Don't show them your hand, her instincts warned. She forced her hands

ut a cruel little laugh. "Honestly, it's a perfect match," Holly sneered. "A wild girl dragged back from the countryside paired with a living dea

ess in her blue eyes made Holly's smirk falter. She snapped

er voice flat and devoid of the pa

ngle precariously from her blood-red fingernails. "You think you have a choice?" Cynthia hissed. "The Carlisle family is paying a fortune for this

s complicit silence extinguished the very last

fireplace dominating the living room. A roaring fire crackled within. She held t

r tone deadpan, the firelight casting s

her own skin as she imagined her mother's legacy dropping into the embers, melting into a wo

e lacing her voice as she lowere

ge surging through her veins to tackle Cynthia to the stone hearth and pry her mother's legacy from those

rity. If I fight them over this, I win a necklace, but I stay

her. They thought they were forcing her into a dead end. But as the heat washed over her face, Alexa

shuddering breath. The panic evaporated, l

se-a "living dead man"-she wouldn't just be a prisoner in a new cage. She would be a wife with unlimited resources, untouchable status, and zero marital obligations. It was

ace of emotion was gone, re

y "three," Alexandra spoke. Her voice

d back from the hearth, dropping the necklace back into the velvet box before tossing it across the cof

d onto Cynthia with such an unnerving stillness that the older woman shifted uncomfortabl

chambers of her heart. Enjoy this victory. Because I will use the very mo

as ramrod straight, each step toward her bedro

nst the heavy oak wood, she allowed her mask of icy composure to slip, just for a moment. She opened the box

but blazing with a newly ignited fire. "Wait for me.