Rising From Death: The Vengeful Heiress

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