The Hidden True Bloodline's Fated Revenge

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rd, reject you, Aine

rowd. Cornelious-the fated mate I had loved for years-faced me with nothing but disgus

to live as my mistress," he said, each word laced with contempt. "She should have been my

a hammer blow

, a metaphysical tearing of spirit. My inner wolf let o

al wave of mockery and cruel amusement. I saw the undisguised contempt on their face

o search his eyes for a flick

none. Only

y adopted sister. She was draped on him in a post

ut beneath the pretense, the triumph in them was a venomous snake striki

u l

respond. The words were ash in m

zar, accept y

blurred. It felt like I wa

nstead, Cornelious raised one hand, and the guards s

r position as my mate to threaten Isela, intercepted her letters, and bribed servants to spy on her. Three day

lly summoned tears. "Please don't punish her too severely, Cornelious. She only did tho

gony tearing through my chest. "I never threaten

servants loyal to Isela claimed they had heard me give the order. I understood too late that Cornelious and Isela had prepared these charges before the reje

e chosen as my Luna is treason against the Maynard Pack. You will remain in the dungeon until the P

rapping a protective arm around Isela, shielding her as if s

iving. My struggles were pathetic, weak. They dragged me from the hall and down a lon

ut off the light, the sound, the world. I collapsed onto the cold, damp f

w how long

open again. It

mp, the flickering light casting danc

down. Her innocent eyes roamed over my broken form.

nly glare, pouring all my remaining l

blame someone, blame yourself for being in the way. Did you really think you deserved to be the future Luna o

essed down on the back of my hand.

can't even kee

wed by a surge of white-hot pain.

is is just the beginning." She pulled a

contract

tence. It burns our skin, silences ou

ou know? Mother Annice has always loved me more. She said you

ght of my birth, forcing my mother to flee the family estate and seek shelter in a remote farming village. Raiders attacked

an impoverished girl in the mountains, while Isela took my place and became the c

Annice couldn't bear to part with the child she had raised for twelve years. Isela was allowed to remain in the family. And someho

ver. All my life, I had craved my mother's love. I

the needle int

ugh me. I could feel my strength draining

other, admiring her work as if I we

oking down at me. "Now you can't threaten me anymore.

. The stone door bo

pair, my consciousness began to fade. T

triumph on Isela's face. The cold, i

wed me, I used my last breath to f

had one mor

again love Cor

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ho belittled me, who humiliated me, wh