A Blackwood Heiress Bows To No One

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d with grief for

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he loved, whispered

yndicate' s fire c

nch, generations

ckwood Heiress

to death, betrayed

gs burning, the phantom pa

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, the deep emerald silk

h expensive perfume a

liance

l Building, where powerful f

was t

my past life, had proudly linked

nail was hammere

art p

s, cold and distant, after

ur family's ambition. Lila

er lies, ever

formation to the Syndicate, pa

ds, decimate

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m

hings would

ross the po

families we

stood tall, his eyes searching

y glad-handing, desperate for our all

sionally flicking towards the entrance where Lila Hayes w

't seen

found Ja

ur staunchest allies, someti

r of strength, his eyes u

hing in them – surprise, the

ng to avenge me. A fact I learned

would live.

eremonies was s

e Alliance Summit. A day for forg

call my n

o the central dais, to announ

cestral Blackwood dagger secured at my wais

would sign a d