Reborn To Reign: Choosing The Monster Over The Prince

Talle

m wept crystal, casting a splintered

olor of fresh blood. It was backless, spun from

dest, pale pink gown for me-something t

I dressed

ged to high-ranking men. For me, it was supposed to be a formality. Everyone knew the arrangement. The D

ell over

had a

e. He walked in with J

as even on my finger. Jana wore a dress that was too tight, too

r neck that d

inst her pale skin. Love bit

ade Men, laughing, acting as if bringing his mis

eryone that I was nothing mor

he spo

straight toward me. The crowd parted for him like the Red Sea. He was handso

s raked over my body, possessing me without touc

pproval," I said, taking

. His hand shot out, gripping my upper arm. His fin

n his face for the onlookers. "First the gym, now this dress. You thi

I asked, looking pointedly at Jana, who was laughing loudly with a

Pain radiated down my a

Don signed the papers this morning. Tonight is just a sho

l my arm away.

go,"

ed. "You'll run to my

a cruel, s

lives in the basement with the blood and the rats.

ast Connor

a man who looked like he was carved from granite. He wore a black suit t

non

rumors. I believed he was a mindless beast who tortured

ew the t

ed. I knew who had killed the men who tried to kidnap me three years a

wed my gaze

m. He's an animal

I said, dragging my gaze back to Con

e last time, a warning pinch that sent a sharp

e said, smoothing his lapel. "Because after the