Reborn To Reign: Choosing The Monster Over The Prince

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me fade on the cold tile floor

e girl I trusted with my life, looking at

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brother Brannon, the "Butcher"-was the o

, hatred, and the bit

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flew to my sternum, fingers clawing at the silk of my blouse, expec

was no

ainst my ribs like a trapped bird, but i

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ened Capo who had ordered my end. He looked younger. His face was unlin

in. Untarnished. Which

red hi

ny hidden behind closed doors. The betrayal by my cousin, Jana. And finally, the night I fo

ward, pushing my

ical training center. The ai

ke me blush but now made my stomach turn. "Did the recoil sca

ge counter where his Beretta lay. He picked it up, ejected t

up for me

believed I was already under his complete control. The daughter of a de

apologized for being clumsy. She would have picked up the magazin

he black meta

s tone sharpening.

fire ceased. Silence stretched across the gym, heavy and suffocating.

les from my skirt. My legs felt

" I

owing. The mask of the charming prince slipped, ju

use

my voice steady, though my palms w

ment lockers. My cousin. The rat. She looked you

to Connor's side. "Don't be rud

same look she wore when she told him w

sical weight, an unspoken challenge. "You're stressed," he said, his voice low, a threat wrapped in velvet

brushing a stray lock of hai

to inspect the facility

s hand

es his Capo bullying a woman instead of leading his men," I continued.

He hadn't expected me to know the Don's schedule. He

or the naive girl he planned

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floor, eager to plea

h hot against my ear. "You look d

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make taming you so m