He Chose A Fake Heiress Over His True Queen

rk, to finally claim me. Instead, five minutes before our sched

hand. He took the hand of Chloe Davenport, his rival's daughter

er, Jax didn't hesitate. He threw his body over Chloe, s

til a massive crystal chandelier crashed do

r, Jax returned. He looked at my shattere

ng his guards to dump me in the courtyard like

d bind us forever. He had promised to protect me, but tonight, he stepped ov

and found me befor

ed, scooping me up and driving me

ght. But the girl wh

ad. Not as his victim, but as the woman

pte

ive minutes before he was sched

t curtain of the smoking room, my han

xpensive cigars and the shar

le that usually made my stomach flip with excitem

o outgrow. She's sweet, sure. But sweet

was tighter, hesitant. "She's waite

ting glass echoed in the silence that followed. "I need the Davenport ports. Chlo

hitched in

supposed

preparing for the moment Jax Vetti, the youngest Capo in t

god in t

his first ma

olled the docks, the uni

t, a man who could snap a neck with the same ha

tal of the necklace h

a bulle

y shooting had shattered the

own his bod

to the shoulder that

asing afterwards

is white shirt. It's a blood oath, Savv

believ

birthday, I confe

gh from gun oil, and said, Wait until you're twen

d twenty-tw

was th

was the

e door, my heels silen

t didn'

one had reached inside and scooped out

e ballroom, my legs

and black ties, a display of we

er

de of

plied to my he

of the dance floor, smoothin

d like

like a

le doors

walk

ome, dark hair slicked bac

ed the

an fear

oman wa

aiting for his e

ned the

me like I was par

the entrance and

rt stepped in

verything

the daughter o

wore

olor

he crook of his elbow and

om wen

nst my ribs, a frantic

anding absolute attention. "Tonight, we unite North and So

use e

ound, drowning out th

ood

hand drifting down to r

subtle

world, it

carrying

zed with the

es of the oth

ng gl

ng wh

really thought s

ldier's daughte

t Jax one

miling a

he loo

with mine across

as no a

gui

stare that said,

a ste

ano

e cold metal of the bullet casin

t of this fa

ost haunting th

ir, desperate to escape the suffoc

t make it t