The Fallen Empress

was bitt

re she had built and lost was once again hers. But as she stood in the towering gl

But the war inside

d across every headline, his assets frozen, his influence sh

been. But as she sat in the same chair he had once stolen from her, staring at

wasn't just victory's

hed her hand

o

erself mourn a man w

w, she found him standing in the sh

i

low-eyed. Bu

rmured, his voice rough fr

e love and hate were too

ing him. Hating him. Craving him. And no

she feel

had once touched her? Why did her heart still

arefully. "Adrian used you," he said, his vo

sharply. "He

Or did he just make sure I was out of the

er harder than

she had already sta

d helped her fight back, reclaim her empire, and orch

t wha

were fallin

o because they feared Evelyn? Or had Adrian whispered in t

paper. But how much cont

e than

an been there w

ilting his head. "Adrian never saved you. He n

o believe it. "You'll say anyth

ight now, Evelyn. You just won the greatest battle of your life

rept down

was

zing the last steps of their plan. But now that Li

ofter now. "But at least I was honest about what I wanted. A

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striding toward the elev

his own game all along...

only ju