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r had invaded her lungs, bringing a brutal, searing cold that mercilessly stole her breath and her life. Aurore Henson's consciousness fractured
hing pressure of t
harsh light. She was sitting at a grand, expansive dining table. The brilliant glare from the massive crystal chandelier hanging above forc
youthful, slightly rebellious
eventeen-year-old brother, Dylan. He was dressed in a sharp suit that he clearly fou
a timid, sweet, milky little voi
rk eyes, her chubby little hands resting on the edge of the table. Aurore reached out on pure ins
r water soaking through her clothes. There was no torrential rai
was
y dazed and vacant gaze toward the large dining room windows, all turned their attention back to her in
dining room, taking in the familiar faces, the
She had tru
act day of the marriage co
, catastrophic financial trouble. Desperate, she had gone to find her husband, J. C. Davenport, to beg him to inject capital into the Henson Group. She had planned to wait outside his private
and her own son celebrati
he had loved for fifteen years, open a velvet jewelry box, revealing
, Susannah, had said, her voice dripping wi
irteen-year-old son had cheer
imate daughter the Knapp family had only o
openly, having to let your precious child be raised under Aurore's name... J. C. has truly wronged you. If it weren't for the fact that keeping the boy under Aurore's
ul like a sledgehammer. Her daughter had died at birth. And the son she had lovingly, pa
of an out-of-control truck, the deafening crash of metal on metal, and the icy river water rapidly filling her sink
given her a s
ok at J. C. Davenport sitting across the table. The warmth in her green ey
expression seemed terrifyingly strange, almost predatory, but then she smiled at him.
voice politely distant to hide the fact that they had se
nd the silver ball he needed her to draw had been tampered with. This was his only chance to win against his cousins. His father was a live-in husband who had married into the Davenport family. Th
sweetly. "Wher
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