Alle Kapitel von REJECTED BY THE BILLIONAIRE ALPHA, CROWNED BY FATE : Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 32

The attackers retreated within minutes of Seraphine Ashwood's arrival, melting back through the breached boundary with the same coordinated precision they'd used to strike, leaving behind nothing but scorched earth, a shattered residential wing, and a name that changed everything Elena thought she understood about her own bloodline."You're lying," Elena said, once the compound had been secured and the council convened in emergency session, Seraphine's claim of kinship still ringing in her ears. "The Ashwood line was believed extinct. I'm supposed to be the last one.""You were meant to believe that," Seraphine said calmly, seated across the council chamber under heavy guard, her composure unbothered by the armed security surrounding her. "The line was never extinct, Elena. It fractured. My branch went into hiding a century ago, when hunting parties nearly wiped out our bloodline entirely, and we have spent that century rebuilding influence quietly, patiently, waiting for exactly the