My price of betrayal

1: A Sec

ther, Victor Blackwood, was a powerful businessman who had built an empire from the ground up. She was his only child, the hei

about her that Elena couldn't shake-something cold and calculating behind those sweet smiles. The momen

oticed the subtle manipulation-Vivian making decisions without consulting her father, slowly but surely taking control of th

bitter laugh escaping her lips. She was supposed to be the heir. The future of t

-it was the fact that she had never seen it coming. She had trusted

ion of Elena until she was nothing more than a problem to be dealt with. And Lily, her stepsister, had b

ptiness Elena felt in her final moments, lying on the cold, hard floor of that pr

to claim her, she felt something

filled the silence. Her body felt different-lighter, more alive. She opened her eyes, blinking a

ldhood

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ood estate's sprawling gardens outside the window. It was as if time had reversed itself. She was younger,

is wasn't a dream. She had

She knew exactly what she had to do. She wouldn't

Lily were still at his side, playing their parts, pretending to be the perfect fami

on the reflection in the mirror. The woman staring

d chance. And this time, s