Chapter 1 - Victoria struck Lucas hard right next to the dessert table.
Victoria struck Lucas hard right next to the dessert table.
Then she shoved my little boy down onto the cold marble floor.
"This gala is no place for filthy beggars."
I lunged forward immediately and pulled my son tight into my arms.
"Keep your hands off him right now."
Victoria sneered with cold disgust, ripped the gold-bordered card from my fingers, and ground it beneath her designer stiletto heel.
Before another venomous word could leave her lips, Sylvester stepped squarely between us.
Victoria let out a sharp, mocking laugh.
"And just who do you think you are?"
Sylvester sent her flying back into the banquet spread with a single, devastating blow.
Tiered crystal stands and delicate pastries shattered violently all around her.
In a fraction of a second, every armed guard and server across the grand ballroom snapped to rigid attention toward him.
Every trace of arrogance vanished from Victoria’s pale face.
Sylvester leaned down slowly, lifting my crumpled invitation straight off the floor.
His personal wax crest and signature were emblazoned in dark ink across the front corner.
He shoved the crushed card directly in front of her eyes.
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"Didn't you just demand to know who I am?"
All at once, the chilling truth hit Victoria: she had just crossed the most dangerous family in the entire room.
