All Chapters of Betrayed Princess: Reborn in Vengeance : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

NORMANI.The gates of Santiam Prison creaked open, and a blast of cool air rushed to my face. Hitting me was the first breath of freedom after a year, during which I was locked inside those lifeless gray walls. Twelve months. Three hundred and sixty-five days behind bars, not for something I did, but for the man I loved. I didn't regret it anyway.I once thought I would only stay there a week, maybe even less. My father was powerful and untouchable. He could have snapped his fingers and pulled me out at any moment. But instead, he left me there. To punish me for marrying George. To make me regret loving the one man who didn’t come from wealth or power like me. My father didn't believe in love, he spat at the idea of it.He sees George as someone who can't truly love, which is why he disapproved of our marriage.“Normani!” Estella’s voice pierced my thoughts. I turned, and I saw her jump out of her car and run toward me. Her arms wrapped around me tightly when she reached me like she w

NORMANI.God. If sin had a face, it would be on this man.Tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in dark navy like he was born into power. His hair slicked back, jawline carved by the gods themselves. His eyes were sharp, daring, like he had seen blood and didn’t flinch. And he walked like a man who had won every fight he ever entered. He was heading toward me and no one stopped him. I felt like no one could dare it.I straightened.“How did you get into my office?” I askedHe smiled, slow and cocky.“I should be asking you that. A woman like you should be ruling kingdoms, not hiding in boardrooms.” He looked around my office like it meant nothing.I narrowed my eyes.“I don’t recall asking for flattery. State your business and reason for coming into my office” I tried to maintain myself. Yes, he was handsome, but I had gotten my fair share of handsome men. They are very dangerous.“Feisty.” He dragged the lone chair in front of my desk and sat, completely unbothered. “I heard you are trying

NORMANI.I was fuming.No—“fuming” didn’t even cut it. I was absolutely livid as Shawn led me toward his car. My heart was pounding like a drum in my chest, and my palms were sweating from the aftermath of the encounter. The nerve Becky had to even open her mouth around me… and George? Oh, he had some guts showing up like that, standing beside her like they didn’t both betray me.Shawn opened the passenger door, and I slid in with a huff, my jaw clenched so tightly it could have cracked. He got in beside me and then gave me a long side glance.“You can’t keep reacting like that every time you see them,” he said coolly.“You are going to keep running into them. Probably more than you want to.”I turned to him slowly, heat flaring in my chest. “And what, exactly, do you want me to do? Smile and wave?”He didn’t even blink.“No. I want you to do better. If it is revenge you want, you can’t afford to lose control. They should be the ones losing control. Not you.”I rolled my eyes.“What d

SHAWN’SThe club was quiet, but I had secured a private room for her. I didn’t mind the music, the noise, or the chaos I thrived in places like this. But she was different. She wouldn’t like it. So, I booked a private place. I could’ve chosen a restaurant, but maybe I liked the edge.Maybe I wanted to show her a glimpse of my world, the shadows I walk through every day. Not to drag her into them, no. Never. But to let her see that I would shield her from it all. Keep her untouched by the filth. I needed her at my side, not drowning in the dark, but standing just close enough to fight beside me. Normani. The first time I saw her, I didn’t think I would lose myself in her face. But she was so d*mn pretty. Intelligent. Sophisticated. Different. She had this way of being silent that wasn’t emptiness, it was power. When she listened, she really listened. Every word, every detail. How the hell did George let someone like her slip away? For Becky? That spoiled brat who couldn’t pass her exam

GEORGE. I wasn’t expecting to feel anything when I walked into that hall. I had trained myself to be stone, unmoved, especially when it comes to Normani. Or at least, I thought I had. But seeing her… and worse, seeing her with him, Shawn, lips locked like they had no care in the world it was like a punch in the gut. It took everything in me not to storm up and pull him off her.Shawn. Of all people.He was not just trouble. He was evil. Dangerous. That man didn’t deserve to be near her, let alone touch her the way he just did. I stood there, heart pounding in my ears as I watched, wondering what the hell she was thinking. Was this her revenge? Was she doing this to hurt me? Because if that was the goal with Shawn then it was a dangerous idea. But the thing I knew for sure was that Normani was not like this. I know her better than anyone. She still loved me. I saw it in her eyes before. In this way she would always soften around me, even when she tried to act hard. She even went to j