A Bride Forged in Fire

ing through me suddenly drained away, leaving me wea

. They weren' t for the life I had lost, but

y skin, the suffocating pressure of the locket in my throat. I wrapp

he life that was stolen from me. Liam and Sarah had to pay. Sophia had to pay. I

om my face, and stood up. The fragile girl who cried

rse or realizing she' d been played, would be back. And she woul

simple white dress, I heard the sou

the curtains. Jus

he walkway. And at the front was the formi

d family honor above all else. In my past life, her disappointment i

d a moment later, a stampede of

or right now!" Grandma Rose's

ined s

he air. "She's in there with Liam! They're doing something

All

, chimed in. "John spoils her rotten, and this

ndle rattle

threatened. "You have brought shame upon this family. If what Sophia says is

ved Sarah's story and were ready to disown me until m

in my past life, clutching her chest and collapsing from a heart attack, the family's public disgrace too much fo

nd Liam's machinations, just as

would save my father.

et them see the monst

mething unbreakable. The pain, the fear, the g

them accuse. Let them

time for the star of the