Drowned and Reborn: The Heir's Vengeance

Drowned and Reborn: The Heir's Vengeance

Gavin

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I was Ethan Thorne, heir to the Kingmaker Casino empire. After saving Veronica Vance and her family from a fiery hotel inferno in Monaco, I was rewarded with her hand in marriage, an alliance supposedly forged in gratitude. On our wedding night, her eyes were cold, filled with something far from love. "You ruined everything," she whispered, her voice like ice, before having me kidnapped. She believed my heroism had overshadowed Julian Croft, the man she truly loved. Her men dragged me to a rotting shack deep in the Louisiana bayous and threw me into a dark, alligator-filled pool. The last thing I saw was Veronica' s serene face as Julian, her 'lost' love, reappeared beside her, smirking, his arms full of stolen art. She killed me, not for defiance, but for helping her family. I died in that putrid swamp, gnawed by beasts, wondering how my good deed had become my death sentence. How could saving a life lead to such cold, calculated betrayal? Then, I woke up. Not in the bayou, but on "The Starlight Express," a luxury train. I was Elias, a lowly attendant. News of a sabotaged trestle ahead crackled over the radio. Veronica Vance was on board, her cruel eyes fixed on me. This time, I wouldn't be a hero for anyone. My past kindness had earned me a pit of alligators. Never again.

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I was Ethan Thorne, heir to the Kingmaker Casino empire. After saving Veronica Vance and her family from a fiery hotel inferno in Monaco, I was rewarded with her hand in marriage, an alliance supposedly forged in gratitude.

On our wedding night, her eyes were cold, filled with something far from love. "You ruined everything," she whispered, her voice like ice, before having me kidnapped. She believed my heroism had overshadowed Julian Croft, the man she truly loved.

Her men dragged me to a rotting shack deep in the Louisiana bayous and threw me into a dark, alligator-filled pool. The last thing I saw was Veronica' s serene face as Julian, her 'lost' love, reappeared beside her, smirking, his arms full of stolen art. She killed me, not for defiance, but for helping her family.

I died in that putrid swamp, gnawed by beasts, wondering how my good deed had become my death sentence. How could saving a life lead to such cold, calculated betrayal?

Then, I woke up. Not in the bayou, but on "The Starlight Express," a luxury train. I was Elias, a lowly attendant. News of a sabotaged trestle ahead crackled over the radio. Veronica Vance was on board, her cruel eyes fixed on me. This time, I wouldn't be a hero for anyone. My past kindness had earned me a pit of alligators. Never again.

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