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Chapter 34 - A Daughter For A Daughter

Author: Joanna Jade
last update publish date: 2026-04-15 20:37:53

Bella’s POV

For a second, my breathing stopped. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

My mother’s body jerked from the impact, her breath catching in a way that didn’t sound human, and then she collapsed—right there, right in front of me—like something inside her had simply… given up.

“Mom!”

The word tore out of me before I even realised I was moving.

I dropped to my knees beside her, my hands shaking as I reached for her, not knowing where to touch, what to do, how to fix something that already felt bey
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Cynthia
Calling for her father's help was ridiculous. She knows better. Zayden is still the best bad bet
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Elin
So she blames the one her father attacked, and her father wanted to sell her to a monster but its all zaydens fault, i hate stupid things like that, her father killed her mother and her father killed zaydens whife and child, so she should blame him and her mother
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