Unmasking the Heiress

"I nearly lost my life saving you back then, and this is how you treat me in return. You repay kindness with betrayal. Even the stars are laughing at you, Walter!"

As tears of mirth welled in her eyes, any last hope that Walter truly loved her vanished. When he had pinned her hands and tossed her onto the bed with such coldness, the truth hit her hard. She was nothing to him. Why keep dreaming?

Walter's eyes were red with fury, and Julia's illusions shattered completely. She knew then that she had never been the one he wanted. His heart belonged to Evangeline, that snake.

However, Julia would not stand for it. She would not let Evangeline win, and she certainly would not let Walter have his way.

Unbeknownst to her, Walter's patience had snapped. He lifted her with a fierce grip and slammed her back onto the bed, his voice like ice.

"I'm done with the past, Julia. All I care about now is where you've hidden Evangeline."

Walter was convinced Julia knew Evangeline's whereabouts, and he would not waste another breath on her otherwise. In a swift motion, he ripped his shirt cuff and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his toned arms, ready for whatever came next. "You know what I'm capable of. I have no clue how you got out of that place, but I bet you'd never want to go back for a second round!"

Tears spilled from Julia's eyes in an instant.

Indeed, Northern Montavia was a real-life horror show, a place that chewed her up and spit her out.

One time there was more than enough-who in their right mind would volunteer for a second?novelbin

It was Walter who had sent her there in the first place.

Memories flooded her mind.

Julia, with her striking looks and the cultured vibe she got from playing the violin, had caught the attention of the big shot there.

She was toyed with by five guys in one night not allowed to say she was tired, not allowed to say no. To avoid starving, to keep breathing, she had to suck up to those monsters.

After all her compliance, they still planned to sell her off when they got bored...

No, she could not let her mind go there! She did not even know how she had made it through, or... was it all just some nightmare?

A flicker of confusion passed

through Julia's eyes, quickly

overtaken by a wave of rage. "Walter,

is your big plan to ship me back

Northern Montavia? Go ahead, try it! However, if you do, you can kiss any chance of finding Evangeline goodbye!

"Why would I let you star in some hero-saves-the-day fantasy? Me, the villain, just to give you and Evangeline a happily ever after? Am I, Julia, really that generous?

"I'll give it to you straight-I never planned for Evangeline to make it out of here alive. I want her gone, and that little mistake growing inside her too!"

Julia screamed with every ounce of strength she had, pouring out all the bitterness of the world's unfairness and Walter's betrayal.

If she could, she would wish death upon everyone right then.

Her parents were gone, so why did those other people get to live? Why were that witch Evangeline and Walter still kicking, especially when Evangeline had become Walter's darling?

"You want to know where Evangeline

is? Ha! Let me spill the beans. Before

you even stepped foot in here, I gave the order. The moment you and I hit the bridal suite, my crew would whisk Evangeline away to a nice, quiet spot to bid her farewell to this world. So really, don't bother hunting her down. If you do find her, you'll just be staring at a lifeless body. Where's the fun in that?"