Beyond The Betrayal: Her Rise

nd reeling. He scrolled through his phone, an

g as the crowd threw drinks and insults at her. The headline

were a cesspo

eserve

nished the job Kater

ut that monster o

triol. He had known people gossiped, but

at the wall. She hadn't even looked at her phone. She seemed c

a confusing surge of protectiveness. "I'm sor

d away from

phone. "I'll have my P.R. team kill the st

his phone buzzed with a news alert. Th

t that she was alive, but who she really was: Kateri

nt. The public's rage, once direc

frame

ent three years in

fool for standing by t

plications. If Katerina had faked her own death... had she lied about

m the doorway snapped h

tears streaming down her face. She looked at

her voice breaking. "

ctive instincts taking over agai

ng finger at Aja. "She leaked it. She's trying

ssion unreadable. He didn't believe Katerina, not really. B

e a de

ospital lobby. He stood before the cameras, Kate

en by fear and a "misguided love" for him. But he painted her as a victim, a

rned his si

r. She is not well. Her actions are not her own. She is lashing out, trying to hurt those who love her. We ask f

lly unstable. He threw her to th

ess conference on a small TV screen. As his final, da

rld tilted, the colors bleeding together. She gasped,

w Katerina, standing behind Alexander, a

finally, completely d