The Secret First Lady: From Scorned Wife To National Obsession

itioned along the eastern fro

lingered, while the fading rumble of the final blast drifte

yed the aftermath, and her black combat uniform was covered

heek, and her eyes moved slowly across the ground

lty," she said, and her voice sounded strained

r second-in-command stepped forward and pla

n at first, but her movement stopped

" she asked, and her tone wavered in

ne point ninety-seven percent match. Your

her fist, and the paper bent u

la Sullivan vanished during a violent upheaval, and Ryann had

mand a mercenary organization feared across nations, and the

ng pursuit had r

he epaulet from her shoulder before throwing it toward

sky. Elessall? That country

n cut him off without hesita

beyond the border, leaving her formidable forces behi

been taken in by a wealthy household and was

straight into the poorest and mos

slow fully, Ryann leapt from the c

een her brows when she to

ollapse, heaps of rotting trash lined the path

he life of an adopted daughter of

iled her? Or was there

m tore through the silence from

all, and her body looked no different from a walking skeleton. Heavy chains weighi

body, one leg had rotted beyond savi

large men continued to str

iela, your adopted mother made it clear. If you don't tell us where your adopted father's inheritance is hidden, yo

igure surged toward t

p strikes shattered their arms and legs, a

ce that mirrored her own, panic seize

ya

tears gathered as she slowly check

ils were missing entirely, her shoulder had decayed until bone sh

ticed, Ryann felt the ai

a would be safe and comfortable afte

t her sister had been trap

ou to a hospital," Ryann muttered while lifting Gab

what little strength she had and c

and stained Ryann's hand as she spoke.

ela's lips, and her hands shook despite her effort to stay stead

the light in her eyes began to dull. "What they are looki

completed, her weak arm sli

life had faded away, her gaze shifted tow

es and screams, and Ryann inflicted torment o

er way to the Sullivan family villa, and her

illa's door burst open

o go shopping, but both collapsed to the floor in terror when they heard the

ion crossed her face the moment she saw who was th

h pure malice and shouted, "Gabriela? So you cra

contempt. "Trash like you belongs in the gutter, not

e so casually, the memory of Gabriela being abused t

lips, and her eyes filled with letha