Revenge: The Comatose Alpha's Substitute Bride

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a vegetable! A d

, stood panting, her knuckles white, shards of glass glittering at her feet like fallen stars. Her unevenly bl

y, was failing miserably. His face was a mask of strained purple. "Ya

est of my life!" she screamed back. "No! I'm mea

he air was thick with the cloying scent of Yasmine's

oved with a practiced, predatory grace in her tight silk robe, her g

nk back against the wallpaper, making myself look as small and pathetic as possible. I let my lower

's side. "We have another daughter, don't we?" she mur

sitation quickly extinguished by resolve. I f

onto my chin, forcing my head up. "Listen, Vivianna"-her voice was like h

ss, anyway. A waste of space without an inner wolf. Marry

trigger the mate-bond recognition, making me a

over my cheek. "But... please, Rhonda," I whimpered, making my voice crack perfec

It's time you repaid the Hayes family for raising you." Her idea of rais

ious glee. "Yeah, Vivi. It's perfect for you

ng hair curtain my face, hiding

k's sigil-a roaring dire wolf. "Sign it, Vivianna,"

ntil an ambush with a silver weapon left him in an incurable coma. Silver was the only substance th

ly, nearly dropping the expensive fountain pen onto the parchment. It was a flawless act,

small, the exact script o

ed my cheek as if I were a pet. "Good girl. Go pack your things. No,

Problem solved. Don't cry, I orde

room-a cramped stora

embling stopped instantly. I wiped the fake tear from my cheek,

y thought they were punishing me. They had absolutely no id

. It was a stroke

orn to shreds at the borders. But as the legally bound wife of their comatose Alpha? I would be u

pack's inner sanctum. The exact place I needed to be to find

re business suit stood there. "Miss Monroe," she said, her tone flat and pro

taking one last look at this p

, made a face at me. Rhonda d

ze. "Get her there sa

d but screaming wealth. The door closed be

ched the lights of the villa

sion of playing the victim. The mask of fear completely dissolve