The Defective Mate's Hidden Royal Bloodline

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surprised to see me kneeling submissively on the floor before his mo

ssing his expensive tailored jacket onto a nearby antique chair. He ran a hand through h

now, with his immense pride and suffocating controlling nature, he would never allow it. He would see i

nse. It was clear she didn't want her volatile

rst, and I had

ed sadness wash over my face. It was a pathetic m

lian's side before he could ask another

Luna," I said, my voice thick with a fake,

d Genevieve fr

at?" Julian's brow f

u last night. Wrong to feel any stupid resentment about your Mating with Miss Sinclair. I came to assure th

ech with a deep, dramatic bow toward Genevieve,

She understood immediately. In front of her son, we had formed a temp

rity. "As long as you finally understand your mistake. I was merely instructing h

lute, suffocating arrogance, fully confident that I was so deeply in love with him that I would nev

issively, not even offering a hand to help me steady myself. "You belong to m

ther. "Mother, I just finished a long call with Alastair Sinclair. He wants Isabella to becom

h a glass of water. "Nora, you are going to assist Isabella from now on. Prepare all her g

e wedding dress for the woman who was replacing me. He had absolutely no regard for my feeli

palms, drawing tiny drops of blood. The sharp physical pa

ptibly. Even she seemed to think the order was excessively cru

iently, his Alpha tone holding a clear, da

gave him a smile that was all perfect submission and dea

gan discussing the intricate political details of the alliance with t

hem discuss the terms of my own sale, how my clean, quiet exit into

salt in an open, bleeding wound,

there. He waved a dismissive hand toward the door. "What are y

deep bow and back

vanished completely from my face. I walked back down the

't be initiated by me or even by Genevieve. I needed someone with

rogant, punchable fa

y could also be my most

ent that would push her past her brea

o me on a silver platter. But I had no idea that my first confrontatio