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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

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{Dominic}

“That’s your mother?” Evangeline had whispered it under her breath, but I heard her.

The disbelief in her voice almost made me laugh. I didn’t blame her, she knew about my father just like everyone did. His death had made headlines after all. But Regina Bloodhound was a different story altogether, and it wasn’t exactly a story I loved telling.

Her silver gown dragged behind her as she walked through the crowd. She walked slowly, and her heels clicked with each step, but those gray orbs of hers that I inherited never once left Evangeline.

She sized Evangeline up like she had stolen one of her pearls. And if looks could kill, I would have been digging a grave tonight.

The silence in the ballroom was oppressive. You could hear the tension crackle in the air, thick enough to choke on. Then she smiled, before speaking in that clipped, elegant tone that always made my skin crawl.

“So tell me, Dominic. Where did you drag this one from?” she began, her eyes dragging over Evangeline
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