The Heiress of Shadows

rays of dusk bled across the sky. The soft whir of its bla

ng in the wind, eyes fixed on the horizon. The silence be

ry. "Nothing when I woke up in a strange bed, in a country I didn't choose, un

hands in the pockets of his tailor

d calmly. "I stopped it fro

lazing. "You think that makes

into hostile hands foreign board members with quiet ties to the Levanis competitors. Or

Protection? You ca

you don't yet r

na, your stepsister, my uncle they crafted this as a merger. A silent takeover. But I signed the

a stif

ather

ne who could play by older, more ruthless rules. He reached out to my family behind the scenes. He arrange

aught. "What

be broken easily." Dario's voice softened. "A union of legacy. Not just blood, but strategy. You are no

struggling to breathe past the

my husband on paper while I pre

either of us likes it or not, is legally binding in more than one country. That means if

nce was louder

, this time gently placi

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is?" she a

one else enter after he passed. Ivana had it sealed and told the

he key. Cold. H

me now?" she whispe

ong as you believed Ivana could be reasoned with, you were vulnerable. Now you're angry

him, startled by the

o you want

hat boardroom tomorrow, you stand beside me not behind me. Not in

n the key

t's

just faintl

oward the helicopter.

company back. Then we decide what kind of marriage th

rprisingly honest for a man whose fam

"It's not honesty. It's survival. And right n

in, her heart pou

that?" s

er, his tone l

that key to? She's not going t

gniting behind her sternum. It wasn't just about revenge anymore.

above Milan waited

, she wouldn'

she was c